Thoreau\'s Wildflowers

SomeofHenryDavidThoreau?smostbeautifulnaturewritingwasinspiredbythefloweringtreesandplantsofConcord.Aninveterateyear-roundramblerandjournalkeeper,hefaithfullyrecorded,dated,anddescribedhissightingsofthefloatingwaterlily,theelusivewildazalea,andthelateautumnfoliageofthescarletoak.?ThisinvitingselectionofThoreau?sbestflowerwritingsisarrangedbydayoftheyearandaccompaniedbyThoreau?sphilosophicalspeculationsandhisobservationsoftheweatherandofotherplantsandanimals.Theyilluminatetheauthor?sspirituality,hisbeliefinnature?scorrespondencewiththehumansoul,andhissensethatanticipation?ofspring,offlowersyettobloom?renewsourconnectionwiththeearthandwithimmortality.?Thoreau?sWildflowersfeaturesmorethan200oftheblack-and-whitedrawingsoriginallycreatedbyBarryMoserforhisfirstillustratedbook,FloweringPlantsofMassachusetts.Thisvolumealsopresents?ThoreauasBotanist,?anessaybyRayAngelo,theleadingauthorityonthefloweringplantsofConcord.,