Birds and Poets with Other Papers Vol. 3 : The Writings of John Burroughs

1877. Volume Three of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Contents: Birds and Poets; Touches of Nature; A Bird Medley; April; Spring Poems; Our Rural Divinity; Before Genius; Before Beauty; Emerson; and The Flight of the Eagle. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.