{"product_id":"the-best-read-naturalist-nature-writings-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-paperback","title":"The Best Read Naturalist: Nature Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael P. Branch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClinton Mohs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in American nature writing, yet until now readers have had no book devoted to this central theme in his work. \u003ci\u003e\"The Best Read Naturalist\"\u003c\/i\u003e fills this lacuna, placing several of Emerson's lesser-known pieces of nature writing in conversation with his canonical essays. Organized chronologically, the thirteen selections--made up of sermons, lectures, addresses, and essays--reveal an engagement with natural history that spanned Emerson's career. As we watch him grapple with what he called the \"book of nature,\" a more environmentally connected thinker emerges--a \"green\" Emerson deeply concerned with the physical world and fascinated with the ability of science to reveal a correspondence between the order of nature and that of the mind. \"The Best Read Naturalist\" illuminates the vital influence that the study of natural history had on the development of Emerson's mature philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael P. Branch is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eRaising Wild: Dispatches from a Home in the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa.\u003c\/i\u003e Clinton Mohs is a doctoral student in English at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the author of articles on American literatures of the long nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757803962656,"sku":"9780813939520","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0df3be2c4a4672c440d14ee0134efc3_d556c15c-d20a-40d0-b194-32aa35fa2cc9.webp?v=1780112221","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-read-naturalist-nature-writings-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}