Signs and Seasons

by John Burroughs

Book Overview

The eight essays in this volume all deal with the home region of their author; for not only did Mr. Burroughs begin life in the Catskills, and dwell among them until early manhood, but, as he himself declares, he has never taken root anywhere else. Their delectable heights and valleys have engaged his deepest affections as far as locality is concerned, and however widely he journeys and whatever charms he discovers in nature elsewhere, still the loveliness...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060908408
• ISBN13: 9780060908409
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful new edition of a Burroughs classic

SIGNS AND SEASONS is arguably the best book ever written by the literary naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). Now it is made even better with an eloquent introduction, and extensive annotations, by Vassar's Jeff Walker, one of the premier Burroughs scholars of this generation. I also like the cut and size of this paperback - easy to fit into a day-pack for reading beyond the sound of highways.