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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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- “England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.”John Burroughs
- “The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale,…”John Burroughs
- “In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens…”John Burroughs
- “No one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes…”John Burroughs
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Books by John Burroughs
Winter Sunshine
1895