A Year in the Fields

A Year in the Fields is a classic nature essay by John Burroughs. John Burroughs is a man full of imagination and sensitiveness, a philosopher, a humorist, a hater of shams and pretension. The tenor of his life changes little from year to year, his affections remain steadfast, and this hardy, gray poet of things rural will continue, as ever, the warm-hearted nature enthusiast, and inspirer of the love of nature in others.

In the town of Roxbury, among the western Catskills, was born April 3...