By Robert Kuhn McGregor
Independently deriving what this present day will be thought of an ecological worldview, Thoreau dedicated the final years of his writing occupation to nature stories, written in his personal detailed voice.
during this revised version of a regular research of Thoreau and nature, the writer lines the origins and improvement of Thoreau’s shift in perspective and his painstaking efforts thereafter.
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