Format:
xliii, 300 Seiten
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Illustrationen, 1Karte
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25 cm
ISBN:
0300214774
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9780300214772
Content:
Some of Henry David Thoreau's most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. A tireless year-round rambler and journal keeper, he faithfully recorded, dated, and described his sightings of the floating water lily, the elusive wild azalea, and the late autumn foliage of the scarlet oak. This inviting selection of Thoreau's best flower writings is arranged by day of the year and accompanied by Thoreau's philosophical speculations and his observations of the weather and of other plants and animals. They illuminate the author's spirituality, his belief in nature's correspondence with the human soul, and his sense that anticipation - of spring, of flowers yet to bloom - renews our connection with the earth and with immortality. Thoreau's Wildflowers features more than 200 of the black-and-white drawings originally created by Barry Moser for his first illustrated book, Flowering Plants of Massachusetts. This volume also presents "Thoreau as Botanist," an essay by Ray Angelo, the leading authority on the flowering plants of Concord. --
Note:
Includes essay "Thoreau as botanist" by Ray Angelo
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Drawings originally created for Flowering plants of Massachusetts / by Vernon Ahmadjian ; drawings by Barry Moser. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1979. (Dust jacket)
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 271-272 und Index
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"This inviting selection of Thoreau's best flower writings is arranged by day of the year and accompanied by Thoreau's philosophical speculations and his observations of the weather and of other plants and animals."--Dust jacket. - Includes essay "Thoreau as botanist" by Ray Angelo. - Drawings originally created for Flowering plants of Massachusetts / by Vernon Ahmadjian ; drawings by Barry Moser. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1979. (Dust jacket). - Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862
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Wildpflanzen
Author information:
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862
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