This autobiography of Frank O'Connor, one of the great Irish writers, covers his life, from his birth in a Cork slum in 1903 to his release from imprisonment as a revolutionary in 1923.
This autobiography of Frank O'Connor, one of the great Irish writers, covers his life, from his birth in a Cork slum in 1903 to his release from impri...
A collection of essays by noted naturalist John Burroughs in which he contemplates a wide array of topics including farming, religion, and conservation. A departure from previous John Burroughs anthologies, this volume celebrates the surprising range of his writing to include religion, philosophy, conservation, and farming. In doing so, it emphasizes the process of the literary naturalist, specifically the lively connection the author makes between perceiving nature and how perception permeates all aspects of life experiences.
A collection of essays by noted naturalist John Burroughs in which he contemplates a wide array of topics including farming, religion, and conservatio...
Renowned as a pioneer of the new school of nature writing and amongthe most widely read authors of his time, John Burroughs has had aprofound influence on our appreciation of nature. Signs and Seasons, originally published in 1886, provides an excellent introduction to theextensive work of one of America's great writers. Because the essayswere collected and arranged by Burroughs himself, they offer asynoptic view of his complex and many-sided genius
Renowned as a pioneer of the new school of nature writing and amongthe most widely read authors of his time, John Burroughs has had aprofound influ...
I have deliberated a long time about coupling some of my sketches of outdoor nature with a few chapters of a more purely literary character, and thus confiding to my reader what absorbs and delights me inside my four walls, as well as what pleases and engages me outside those walls; especially since I have aimed to bring my outdoor spirit and method within, and still to look upon my subject with the best naturalist's eye I could command. I hope, therefore, he will not be scared away when I boldly confront him in the latter portions of my book with this name of strange portent, Walt Whitman,...
I have deliberated a long time about coupling some of my sketches of outdoor nature with a few chapters of a more purely literary character, and thus ...
Anne, you will never learn to do a side vault that way. Let me show you, exclaimed Grace Harlowe. When for the third or fourth time during the spring or summer I take my hoe and go out and cut off the heads of the lusty burdocks that send out their b
Anne, you will never learn to do a side vault that way. Let me show you, exclaimed Grace Harlowe. When for the third or fourth time during the spring ...
Anne, you will never learn to do a side vault that way. Let me show you, exclaimed Grace Harlowe. When for the third or fourth time during the spring or summer I take my hoe and go out and cut off the heads of the lusty burdocks that send out their b
Anne, you will never learn to do a side vault that way. Let me show you, exclaimed Grace Harlowe. When for the third or fourth time during the spring ...
