In the catskills and my boyhood /

Henry James called John Burroughs (1837-1921) 'a more humorous, more available, and more sociable Thoreau.' Walt Whitman in turn extolled Burroughs as 'a child of the woods, fields, hills--native to them in a rare sense (in a sense almost a miracle).' Throughout his many books an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 (Author)
Other Authors: Renehan, Edward, 1956- (writer of the introduction.), Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940 (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : Excelsior Editions, [2021]
Series:New York classics
Subjects:
Natural history > New York (State) > Catskill Mountains > Outdoor books.
Mountain life > Literary collections.
Vie en montagne > Anthologies.
Mountain life
Natural history
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) > Literary collections.
Catskill, Monts (N.Y.) > Anthologies.
New York (State) > Catskill Mountains
Guidebooks
Literary collections
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • New Introduction Edward Renehan
  • In the Catskills
  • I. The snow walkers
  • II. A white day and a red fox
  • III. Phases of farm life
  • IV. In the hemlocks
  • V. Birds' nests
  • VI. The heart of the southern Catskills
  • VII. Speckled trout
  • VIII. A bed of boughs
  • My boyhood

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