Nature Writing: The Tradition In English Includes 157 Selections By 131 Authors. This Is The Definitive Collection Of A Many-voiced Genre That Has Flourished In England And America For Over Two Hundred Years. Introduction To The 1990 Norton Book Of Nature Writing -- Gilbert White (1720-1793) -- From The Natural History And Antiquities Of Selborne -- Hector St. John De Crevecoeur (1735-1813) -- From Letters From An American Farmer -- From Sketches Of Eighteenth Century America -- William Bartram (1739-1823) -- From Travels Through North And South Carolina, Georgia, East And West Florida ... -- Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) -- From American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History Of The Birds Of The United States -- John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845) -- From The Journal Of A Naturalist -- David Thompson (1770-1857) -- From David Thompson's Narrative Of His Explorations In Western America, 1784-1812 -- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) -- From Journals Of Dorothy Wordsworth -- Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) -- From The Journals Of Lewis And Clark -- Charles Waterton (1782-1865) -- From Wanderings In South America, The North-west Of The United States, And The Antilles -- John James Audubon (1785-1851) -- From Ornithological Biography -- John Clare (1793-1864) -- The Natural World -- From The Natural History Prose Writings Of John Clare -- George Catlin (1796-1872) -- From Letters And Notes On The Manners, Customs, And Conditions Of The North American Indians ... -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) -- From Nature -- From The Journals Of Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- From Voyage Of H.m.s. Beagle -- From On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection -- From The Descent Of Man, And Selection In Relation To Sex. Edited By Robert Finch And John Elder. Rev. Ed. Of: The Norton Book Of Nature Writing. 1st Ed. 1990. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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