Some of Henry David Thoreau 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 best flower writings is arranged by day of the year and accompanied by Thoreau philosophical speculations and his observations of the weather and of other plants and animals. They illuminate the author spirituality, his belief in nature correspondence with the human soul, and his sense that anticipationf spring, of flowers yet to bloomenews our connection with the earth and with immortality. Thoreau 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 horeau as Botanist,?an essay by Ray Angelo, the leading authority on the flowering plants of Concord.
Thoreau's Wildflowers
- 作者： Thoreau, Henry David
- 出版社： Yale Univ Pr
- 出版日期： 2016-03-22
- ISBN碼： 9780300214772
- 編號： 203c512697661
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