In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
Essays on Birds, Trout Streams, Seasons, and the Nature of Upstate New YorkBy John Burroughs
Length5h 17m
About this audiobook
In the Catskills gathers representative selections from John Burroughs's celebrated nature writings, presenting the mountains, forests, streams, and wildlife of his native region as subjects of patient observation and imaginative reflection. Burroughs combines close scientific attentiveness with lyrical prose, transforming ordinary encounters with birds, animals, weather, and seasonal change into meditations on perception, solitude, and the human place within the natural world. The volume belongs to the American nature-writing tradition shaped by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, yet its unembellished diction, vernacular warmth, and empirical precision give it a distinctive literary character. Rather than imposing allegory upon nature, Burroughs discovers meaning through sustained attention to its particular forms and rhythms. Born in 1837 in Roxbury, New York, in the Catskill region, Burroughs drew throughout his life upon the landscapes he knew intimately. His work as a naturalist, essayist, and government clerk—including service in Washington, D.C.—was complemented by a lifelong devotion to field study and rural experience. Influenced by transcendentalist thought but wary of romantic exaggeration, he sought to reconcile literary beauty with accurate natural history. These essays reflect both his personal attachment to the Catskills and his broader cultural role in establishing nature writing as a serious American literary genre. This collection is especially recommended for readers interested in American environmental literature, regional writing, ornithology, and the history of nature observation. It offers an accessible introduction to Burroughs's humane intelligence while rewarding close reading with its careful details, philosophical restraint, and enduring sense of wonder.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (62)
Includes Goodreads
GenreScience and Nature
Length5 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Spell of the Rockies (Annotated)
2A WHITE DAY AND A RED FOX
3PHASES OF FARM LIFE
4IN THE HEMLOCKS
5BIRDS'-NESTS
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6THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS
7I
8II
9A BED OF BOUGHS
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