Thoreau's Wildflowers

Thoreau's Wildflowers
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9780300221015
ISBN-13 : 0300221010
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Thoreau's Wildflowers by : Henry D. Thoreau

Some of Henry David Thoreau’s most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. An inveterate 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.

Thoreau's Wildflowers

Thoreau's Wildflowers
Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 344
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300214772
ISBN-13 : 0300214774
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Thoreau's Wildflowers by : Henry David Thoreau

The first collection of Thoreau's writings on the flowering plants of Concord, with more than 200 drawings by renowned artist Barry Moser Some of Henry David Thoreau's most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. An inveterate 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.

Thoreau's Animals

Thoreau's Animals
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 280
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300223767
ISBN-13 : 0300223765
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Thoreau's Animals by : Henry David Thoreau

"From Thoreau's renowned Journal, a treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed accounts of the wild and domestic animals of Concord."--Front flap.

Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area

Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002601732
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area by : Cristol Fleming

The mid-Atlantic region is home to hundreds of wildflower species; this guide focuses on those in specific parks, trails, riverbanks, marshes and other natural areas in Washington, Baltimore, and outward to the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The authors (a botanist, a science writer, and a biology teacher) list flowers by location, species, and blooming date, with line drawings and detailed directions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers
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Publisher : Litres
Total Pages : 731
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ISBN-10 : 9785040885367
ISBN-13 : 5040885369
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by : Margaret Armstrong

"Field Book of Western Wild Flowers" by J. J. Thornber, Margaret Armstrong. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter

A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 372
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0300065604
ISBN-13 : 9780300065602
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter by : Carol Levine

A guide to identifying herbaceous weeds and wildflowers as they are found in winter in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, featuring illustrated in-depth entries on 391 species of herbaceous plants, and briefer mentions of 191 similar species.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 668
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226344690
ISBN-13 : 022634469X
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Henry David Thoreau by : Laura Dassow Walls

"[The author] traces the full arc of Thoreau’s life, from his early days in the intellectual hothouse of Concord, when the American experiment still felt fresh and precarious, and 'America was a family affair, earned by one generation and about to pass to the next.' By the time he died in 1862, at only forty-four years of age, Thoreau had witnessed the transformation of his world from a community of farmers and artisans into a bustling, interconnected commercial nation. What did that portend for the contemplative individual and abundant, wild nature that Thoreau celebrated? Drawing on Thoreau’s copious writings, published and unpublished, [the author] presents a Thoreau vigorously alive in all his quirks and contradictions: the young man shattered by the sudden death of his brother; the ambitious Harvard College student; the ecstatic visionary who closed Walden with an account of the regenerative power of the Cosmos. We meet the man whose belief in human freedom and the value of labor made him an uncompromising abolitionist; the solitary walker who found society in nature, but also found his own nature in the society of which he was a deeply interwoven part. And, running through it all, Thoreau the passionate naturalist, who, long before the age of environmentalism, saw tragedy for future generations in the human heedlessness around him."--

Twelve Henry David Thoreau Bookmarks

Twelve Henry David Thoreau Bookmarks
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : 0486428230
ISBN-13 : 9780486428239
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Twelve Henry David Thoreau Bookmarks by : Henry David Thoreau

"Nature is full of genius, full of divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." Pithy, pleasing and sometimes profound sentiments by Thoreau are beautifully enhanced by the lovely watercolor illustrations on these bookmarks. A dozen 2" x 5¾" bookmarks on 6 plates; quotations printed on backs.

Wild Apples

Wild Apples
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Publisher : Applewood Books
Total Pages : 49
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781557091307
ISBN-13 : 1557091307
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild Apples by : Henry David Thoreau

A meditation on apples begins with a short history of the apple tree, tracing its path from ancient Greece to America. Thoreau saw the apple as a perfect mirror of man and eloquently lamented where they both were heading.

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World
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Publisher : Arrowood Press
Total Pages : 168
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0884861503
ISBN-13 : 9780884861508
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World by : Henry David Thoreau

A classic book of nature photography, this large-format volume is designed to convey the spirit of American nature as so sensitively described by Thoreau. Eliot Porter, one of America's foremost nature photographers, blends short excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and many other works with 72 full-color photographs that perfectly reproduce the writer's sense of quiet drama.