The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays

By Mary Oliver

Book Overview

The Truro Bear and Other Adventures, a companion volume to Owls and Other Fantasies and Blue Iris, brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of Oliver's classic poems, and two essays all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved but disobedient little dog, Percy.

This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the available covers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807068853
• ISBN13: 9780807068854
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Truro Bear and Other Adventures

My husband presented this book to me when I told him about our pregnancy. He brought it to the hospital, and when our son was brought to us after delivery, he proceeded to read several very memorable poems to him. Mary Oliver writes brilliantly. Her poems are inspirational and full of nostalgia and symbolism. Over the past year we have purchased and enjoyed several other of her books, including Red Bird and Twelve Moons. My recent purchase of The Truro Bear and Other Adventures was to donate to Children's Hospital, NICU, for parents to read to their newborns.

Another special volume

MAry Oliver never disappoints. I wasn't sure about having essays as well as poems but they were also wonderful. The Truro Bear is a subtle and wonderful poem which ends "when has happiness ever required much evidence to begin its leaf-green breathing?"

The Truro Bear and Other Adventures

This is a beautiful book by Mary Oliver. Her poetry is outstanding, exceptional. Read The Summer Day from this book and you'll see what I mean.