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About John Burroughs
American naturalist and nature essayist
John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist. He was active in the conservation movement in the United States and is remembered for writing about the natural world. His first essay collection, Wake-Robin, appeared in 1871. Burroughs’s work helped shape American nature writing, with essays that reflect close attention to landscapes, plants, and wildlife.
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- “As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.”John Burroughs
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- “It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. Th…”John Burroughs
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Winter Sunshine
1895