Thoreau's Wildflowers

The first collection of Thoreaus writings on the flowering plants of Concord, with more than 200 drawings by renowned artist Barry Moser Some of Henry David Thoreaus most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. An inveterate year-round rambler and journal keeper, he faithfully recorded, dated, and described his sightings of the floating water lily, the elusive wild azalea, and the late autumn foliage of the scarlet oak. This inviting selection of Thoreaus best flower writings is arranged by day of the year and accompanied by Thoreaus philosophical speculations and his observations of the weather and of other plants and animals. They illuminate the authors spirituality, his belief in natures correspondence with the human soul, and his sense that anticipationof spring, of flowers yet to bloomrenews our connection with the earth and with immortality. Thoreaus Wildflowers features more than 200 of the black-and-white drawings originally created by Barry Moser for his first illustrated book, Flowering Plants of Massachusetts. This volume also presents Thoreau as Botanist, an essay by Ray Angelo, the leading authority on the flowering plants of Concord.