{ "item_title" : "Pepacton", "item_author" : [" John Burroughs "], "item_description" : "Pepacton: The Writings of John Burroughs V5 is a book that compiles the works of American naturalist and essayist John Burroughs. The book contains a collection of essays, poems, and journal entries that reflect Burroughs' observations and reflections on nature, the environment, and human society. The title of the book, Pepacton, refers to the name of a small town in New York where Burroughs lived and drew inspiration from. The book is the fifth volume in a series of compilations of Burroughs' works and is a must-read for anyone interested in the natural world and environmental conservation.1881. Volume Five of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Burroughs writes in the Preface: I have all the more pleasure in calling my book after the title of the first chapter, Pepacton, because this is the Indian name of my native stream. In its watershed I was born and passed my youth, and here on its banks my kindred sleep. Here, also, I have gathered much of the harvest, poor though it be, that I have put in this and in previous volumes of my writings. Contents: Pepacton: A Summer Voyage; Springs; An Idyl of the Honeybee; Nature and the Poets; Notes by the Way; Footpaths; A Bunch of Herbs; and Winter Pictures. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/16/272/616/1162726164_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "30.95", "online_price" : "30.95", "our_price" : "30.95", "club_price" : "30.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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