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Anne W. Rowthorn
Auteur de The Liberation of the Laity
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Anne W. Rowthorn
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1939
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Salem, Connecticut, USA
- Relations
- Rowthorn, Jeffery (husband)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 200
- Popularité
- #110,008
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 13
Anyway, [the Wisdom of John Muir] is a collection of 100 or so selections/excerpts of John Muir's writings on nature and the environment. More or less in chronological order and with some introductory biographical notes by Rowthorn they kind of form a generalized outline of Muir's life and his contributions to nature preservation within this country.
The thing I learned about Muir is that while is prose about nature is beautifully poetic, I find it tedious and unhelpful when trying picture the scene in my mind. I mean Muir can paint word pictures like no other, but I like my nature more to the point without all the flowery language mucking it up. I also didn't find Rowthorn's contributions to be all that informative. They were often too short and lacked any real analysis that some of these passages begged for. But I do appreciate the way she organized this little book, because you get a really good insight into how Muir's thinking evolved overtime and changed with the reality. Overall not a bad book but one that left plenty of room for improvement.… (plus d'informations)