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Essays for each day of the year contemplating a unique but factual aspect of unbridled nature

Twenty-four essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between natural science and organic beauty

Celebrated nature writing on the wonders of birds and birding

America's most-beloved naturalist takes on history's foremost nature historians

Hunting, fishing, game animals, and wildlife through the eyes of one America's famed naturalists

First paperback edition celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the original publication of Trees You Want to Know, the basis for this important work

The Road of a Naturalist is a fascinating autobiographical wonder written by one of America''s most beloved naturalists at the height of his fame. A scientist, a philosopher, and a poet, Donald Culross Peattie takes us on an confessional journey across the landscape of his life. Told in flashbacks of years past and interspersed with impressions of a journey by motorcar across the American West, it is intensely personal. It is American in the best sense of the word. From saying goodbye to the trees at his childhood home on Lake Michigan to a man formed via Harvard and New York City, finally discovering a belief in the nature of things in a cabin in the Grand Tentons, it is not told as as linear life story but rather an adventure in living, in science, in thought.

Cargoes and Harvests, famed naturalist Donald Culross Peattie’s first book, eloquently explores agriculture and trade within America’s past using thoughtful language that is well ahead of its time. Originally published in 1926, Peattie takes readers on a compelling adventure through the socioeconomic histories of staples such as tea, coffee, cocoa, potatoes and tobacco. Starting with the seeds and roots of the American landscape, Cargoes and Harvests illustrates where we’ve been and how far we’ve come. By considering the relationship between a nation and its goods, Peattie unearths countless reflective implications that still resonate within the field of American agriculture today.