Anne W. Rowthorn
Autore di The Liberation of the Laity
Sull'Autore
Opere di Anne W. Rowthorn
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1939
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Salem, Connecticut, USA
- Relazioni
- Rowthorn, Jeffery (husband)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 199
- Popolarità
- #110,457
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 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.… (altro)