JOHN BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 224128
Price: $160.00
JOHN BURROUGHS
John Burroughs signs a piece of cardboard.
Signature: "John Burroughs", 3½x6¾ piece of cardboard. Born
on his family's farm in Roxbury, New York on April 3, 1837, Burroughs, who died
on a train returning from California (March 29, 1921), would be buried there on
April 3, 1921, on what would have been his 84th birthday. American
naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was a prolific nature writer,
penning over 243 essays on his association with birds, resulting in his
nickname, "John o' Birds". A friend of Walt Whitman, Burroughs also wrote
Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867), the first Whitman
biography. In all, he penned 441 essays that were collected in 23
volumes. These works include Birds and Poets (1877), Literary
Values (1902), Ways of Nature (1905) and Camping and Tramping with
Roosevelt (1907). Jagged at upper margin. Lightly toned at edges. Overall,
fine condition.
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