The final harvest of our great nature writer's last years, Wild Fruits presents Thoreau's distinctly American gospel-a sacramental vision of nature in which "the tension between Thoreau the naturalist and Thoreau the missionary for nature's wonders invigorates nearly every page" (Time). In transcribing the 150-year-old manuscript's cryptic handwriting and complex notations, Thoreau specialist Bradley Dean has performed a "heroic feat of decipherment" (Booklist) to bring this great work to light. Readers will discover ...
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The final harvest of our great nature writer's last years, Wild Fruits presents Thoreau's distinctly American gospel-a sacramental vision of nature in which "the tension between Thoreau the naturalist and Thoreau the missionary for nature's wonders invigorates nearly every page" (Time). In transcribing the 150-year-old manuscript's cryptic handwriting and complex notations, Thoreau specialist Bradley Dean has performed a "heroic feat of decipherment" (Booklist) to bring this great work to light. Readers will discover "passages that reach for the transcendentalist ideal of writing new scriptures, yet grounding this Bible in a vision of practical ecology" (Boston). Beautifully illustrated throughout with line drawings of the natural life Thoreau considers on his walks, Wild Fruits is "well worth any nature lover's attention" (Christian Science Monitor).
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Rorer, Abigail. Fine. A fine copy in a pictorial wraps. Light wear to covers; 1st paperback edition with a complete number line. Illustrated; 8vo., 411 pages.
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Rorer, Abigail. Fine. In like new condition. Shows little usage. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 411 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.
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NEAR FINE. 1st Edition. 7 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches. pp. 432. LIKE NEW, NO CREASES, NOT EX-LIB, CLEAN ND NO MARKINGS. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (February 17, 2001) Language: English SOFTCOVER: 432 pages ISBN-10: 0393321150 ISBN-13: 978-0393321159 Item Weight: 1.77 POUNDS Dimensions: 7 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches. The final harvest of our great nature writer's last years, Wild Fruits presents Thoreau's distinctly American gospel? a sacramental vision of nature in which the tension between Thoreau the naturalist and Thoreau the missionary for nature's wonders invigorates nearly every page (Time). In transcribing the 150-year-old manuscript's cryptic handwriting and complex notations, Thoreau specialist Bradley Dean has performed a heroic feat of decipherment (Booklist) to bring this great work to light.