John Burroughs: Naturalist: The Story of His Work and Family

Description

"Kelley has drawn heavily from letters, John Burroughs's journal and his son's diary and memoirs to paint three-dimensional portraits of both men. Her story gives a picture of John Burroughs as a son, husband, and father; depicts his early financial struggles; traces the growth of his renown; and colorfully re-creates the life of the community surrounding Riverby, his fruit farm adjoining New York's storied Hudson River. Through the pages also pass such friends and acquaintances of John Burroughs as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and John Muir. A family chronicle as well as a biography, John Burroughs: naturalist is the most intimate book about one of our nation's great men"--from synopis affixed to final page.

Get the book

Amazon.com

Search the book

eBay.com

Search the book

Similar books

• 

  America's Song: The Story of "Yankee Doodle"

  By Stuart Murray

  This is the first book ever to chronicle the origins of our most famous tune, recognized the world over as ""America's Song."" The legacy of ""Yankee Doodle"" is as rich...

• 

  有機指南書

  By 嚴仕偉

   你吃的有機食品、你追求的有機生活，真的「有機」嗎？現代人注重養生，引爆有機飲食的熱烈風潮。本書讓你享受真正有機的健康新生活。　　人們花很多時間追求財富，但對於人生最寶貴的財富―「健康」，我們願意花多少時間來經營呢？有些人為了美味購買有機食品，有些人則為了健康而參與有機生活，但您可能不知道有機農業的來龍去脈，也可能會好奇有機農業與傳統農業到底有什麼差別？　　現代人擔心「黑心商品」吃進肚裡會影響健康，另外更得擔心農藥殘留也會對生理健康造成危害，我們不知道的是，農藥也會影響心理健康，讓我們在不知不覺中憂鬱、不快樂，甚至想不開……，為了讓現化人能夠生活得更健康，許多不可不知的切身問題，在《有機指南書》都可以找到答案！

• 

  Sun, Sand, and Snakes

  By Stephen Spawls

  Sun, Sand, and Snakes

• 

  Pioneers of American Landscape Design II: An Annotated Bibliography

  By Charles A. Birnbaum, Julie K. Fix

  Pioneers of American Landscape Design II: An Annotated Bibliography

• 

  Gavin Maxwell: The Life of the Man who Wrote Ring of Bright Water

  By Douglas Botting

  Gavin Maxwell: The Life of the Man who Wrote Ring of Bright Water

• 

  天文学家的女巫案：开普勒为母洗污之战

  By 尤林卡·罗布莱克

  《天文学家的女巫案》从多角度展示了伟大科学家约翰尼斯·开普勒所处时代的社会文化。1615年，当天文学家开普勒正值事业的高峰时，其寡居已久的母亲卡塔琳娜被当地政府指控为女巫，开普勒为此特地回到故乡符腾堡为母亲展开长达6年的辩护。《天文学家的女巫案》作者尤林卡·罗布莱克不仅仅叙述了开普勒的生活及其家庭，更通过局部地区的一桩案件和详实的史料，以崭新的视角展现了400年前欧洲复杂深刻的宗教变革和风土人情。

• 

  My First Summer in the Sierra

  By John Muir

  "Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to...

• 

  The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

  By John Muir

  The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir."When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that...

• 

  Rachel Carson

  By Mary A. McCay

  One of the preeminent naturalist writers of the twentieth century, Rachel Carson was widely praised for her coupling of scientific acumen with a lyrical prose style. Her trilogy of books...

• 

  My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist

  By Frances Hamerstrom

  This is the charming memoir of one of the most remarkable women on the contemporary American scene. A trailblazer for her profession and her gender, Fran Hamerstrom is an internationally...