The Summit of the Years

The Summit of the Years: The Writings of John Burroughs V17 is a book that collects the writings of American naturalist and essayist John Burroughs. This volume is part of a larger series that compiles his work, and it focuses on his later years. The book includes essays, poems, and other writings that explore Burroughs' observations of nature, his reflections on life and death, and his musings on the human condition. The Summit of the Years offers a glimpse into the mind of one of America's most beloved nature writers, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the natural world and the human experience.1913. Volume Seventeen 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. A volume of mixed essays by Burroughs. Contents: The Summit of the Years; In The Circuit of the Summer Hills; In the Noon of Science; The Hit-and-Miss Method of Nature; A Barn-Door Outlook; The Animal Mind; Nature and Animal Life; The Key to Animal Behavior; The Animal and the Puzzle-Box; Untaught Wisdom; The Bow in the Clouds; The Round World; A Hay-Barn Idyl; and In Field and Wood. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.