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New England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the Land

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New England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the LandNew England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the Land by David K. Leff and Eric D. Lehman The most comprehensive and exquisite collection of nature writing about New England from authors such as: John Smith Henry David Thoreau Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson Louisa May Alcott Theodore Winthrop P. T. Barnum Celia Thaxter Samuel Drake Adams Mark Twain Harriet Beecher Stowe Helen Keller Edith Wharton Charles Wendell

New England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the Land by David K. Leff and Eric D. Lehman

The most comprehensive and exquisite collection of nature writing about New England from authors such as: John Smith - Henry David Thoreau - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Louisa May Alcott - Theodore Winthrop - P.T. Barnum - Celia Thaxter - Samuel Drake Adams - Mark Twain - Harriet Beecher Stowe - Helen Keller - Edith Wharton - Charles Wendell Townshend - W.E.B. Du Bois - Frederic C. Walcott

Since its founding four hundred years ago, New England has been a vital source of nature writing. Maybe it’s the diversity of landscapes huddled so close together or the marriage of nature and culture in a relatively small, six-state region. Maybe it’s the regenerative powers of the ecosystem in a place of repeated exploitations. Or maybe we have simply been thinking about our relationship with the natural world longer than everyone.

If all successive nature writing is a footnote to Henry David Thoreau, then New England has a strong claim to being the birthplace of the genre. But there are, as the sixty entries in this anthology demonstrate, many other regional voices that extol the wonders and beauty of the outdoors, explore local ecology, and call for environmental sustainability. Between these covers, Noah Webster calls for our stewardship of nature and Lydia Sigourney finds sublime pleasure in it. Jonathan Edwards and Helen Keller both find miracles, while Samuel Peters and Mark Twain find humor. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne discovers a place to hide his metaphors, while the enslaved James Mars discovers an actual hiding place.

Through it all is the apprehension of a profound and lasting splendor, “the glory of physical nature,” as W.E.B. Dubois calls it, something beyond our everyday concerns and yet tied so closely to our daily lives that we cannot escape it. Nature writing cultivates our sense of beauty, inflaming curiosity and the passion to explore. It opens us to deep, primal experiences that enrich life. Anyone wanting to understand our relationship with the world must start here.

David K. Leff is an award-winning essayist, former deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, poet laureate, town meeting moderator, and historian of Canton, Connecticut.

Eric D. Lehman is an associate professor at the University of Bridgeport and the author or editor of eighteen books.

  • Publisher:‎ Globe Pequot Publishing
  • Paperback
  • Print length:‎ 272 pages
  • Item Weight:‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions:‎ 5.9 x 0.65 x 9 inches
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