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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Wake-Robin
John Burroughs
220 pages~4 hr 23 min read18 chapters$4.99
John Burroughs opened his career with these fresh, joyful essays on birds and the return of spring, from the hemlock woods to the Adirondacks. Wake-Robin made him America's favorite bird-lover and set the tone for a lifetime of nature writing. Bright and enduring. Begin with the book that launched a great naturalist.
Every copy includes a printable PDF edition, a beautifully typeset book you can print, mark up in the margins, and keep on your shelf. Yours the moment you own it.
Inside this book
18 chapters
- 1WAKE-ROBIN
- 2THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS
- 3WITH PORTRAITS AND MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4VOLUME I
- 5PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
- 6CONTENTS
- 7LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 8INTRODUCTION TO RIVERSIDE EDITION
- 9WAKE-ROBIN
- 10I THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS
- 11II IN THE HEMLOCKS
- 12III THE ADIRONDACKS
- 13IV BIRDS'-NESTS
- 14V SPRING AT THE CAPITAL WITH AN EYE TO THE BIRDS
- 15VI BIRCH BROWSINGS
- 16VII THE BLUEBIRD
- 17VIII THE INVITATION
- 18INDEX
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