The Breath of Life - Taschenbuch

John Burroughs (1837 - 1921) was an American naturalist important to the Conservation movement. He like Thoreau wrote essays on nature. Burroughs was the "Grand Old Man of Nature" when the American romance with nature, and the American conservation movement, had come fully into their own. He grew up on a farm in New York and at age 17 became a teacher. Burroughs wrote over 30 books and published hundreds of essays. The majority of writings in The Breath of Life talk about the mystery and miracle of life. The Table of Contents includes The Breath of Life, The Living Wave, A Wonderful World, The Baffling Problem, Scientific Vitalism, A Bird of Passage, Life and Mind, Life and Science, The Journeying Atom, The Vital Order, The Arrival of the Fit, and The Naturalist's View of l.