Monthly Archives: January 2009

To Read :: Nature Writing

Posted on 23/01/2009 by patwa

The Literature of Nature — Reading List This list is a highly personal selection of some of the books about nature and related subjects that I use for inspiration, information and development. Not a comprehensive list! Add to it through … Continue reading →

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Books About Nature Writing

Posted on 16/01/2009 by patwa

Productive mountaintop dialogue between conservationist Theodore Roosevelt (left) and progressive preservationistJohn Muir (right). photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Keeping a Nature Journal Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth, forward by Edward O. Wilson Storey Books, Pownal, Vt. … Continue reading →

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Nature Writing Before Thoreau

Posted on 16/01/2009 by patwa

Before Henry David Thoreau, American environmental nonfiction is represented in the works of writers such as John Smith, Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles -1632 William Wood, New England’s Prospect – 1639 John Josselyn, Account of Two … Continue reading →

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