Signs and Seasons (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by John Burroughs, Robert L. Dorman (Introduction)

Overview

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. 

Signs and Seasons reminds Americans about the virtues of a simple lifestyle.  Enjoyed by everyone from schoolchildren to presidents, John Burroughs’ casual, entertaining style made him one of the first great nature writers.  In this delightful book, first published in 1886, he reflects on the spiritual value of nature, a lesson still relevant to the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411466814
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/13/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	318 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

John Burroughs (1837–1921) was born near Roxbury in New York’s Catskill Mountains. His first volume of nature essays, Wake-Robin, appeared in 1871, and he went on to write more than two dozen books, most of them at his farm on the Hudson River. In 1897 Burroughs was appointed as the first vice president of the New York State Audubon Society, and in 1898 he was elected as one of the original members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He became a national celebrity after 1900 and counted Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison among his friends. His writings influenced the rise of the conservation movement, bird watching as a hobby, and nature appreciation in general.