Hal Borland's Book of Days - Borland, Hal
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Oftentimes the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by searching for them at the smallest scales. In Book of Days, beloved nature writer Hal Borland (1900-1978) takes readers on an eye-opening day-by-day journey through a year of the outdoor world around us. Originally published in The New York Times as "daily reflections," these short reports and observations convey Borland's inspiring thoughts about the world around him and the creatures he shared it with. He also muses about the changes in weather and climate through the seasons, reflects on our traditions and habits, and…mehr

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Oftentimes the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by searching for them at the smallest scales. In Book of Days, beloved nature writer Hal Borland (1900-1978) takes readers on an eye-opening day-by-day journey through a year of the outdoor world around us. Originally published in The New York Times as "daily reflections," these short reports and observations convey Borland's inspiring thoughts about the world around him and the creatures he shared it with. He also muses about the changes in weather and climate through the seasons, reflects on our traditions and habits, and ponders fundamental questions about what it all means. Writing in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, and with the inquisitiveness of a philosopher and the perceptive wit of a wise old New England farmer, Borland portrays with simple clarity the elements of change and permanence in the untamed world around us. Neither calendar nor almanac, this delightful natural history "daybook" of mini essays features a treasure trove of fascinating philosophical insights and environmental wonders. Book of Days can be read straight through or savored one day at a time. Be sure to also read Hal Borland's other bestselling classics published by Echo Point Books-Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year and Sundial of the Seasons.
Autorenporträt
Hal Borland's first outdoor essay appeared in The New York Times in the fall of 1941 and since then he has published some 1,200 more, many of them having been reprinted in anthologies and English textbooks. The essays have continued through the years to draw a large reader mail-from all over the United States and occasionally from abroad.Mr. Borland and his wife, author Barbara Dodge Borland, have lived for the past several years on their farm in Connecticut's lower Berkshire Hills. He was born in Nebraska; much of his boyhood was spent on a homestead in eastern Colorado - recaptured memorably in one of his most popular books, High, Wide and Lonesome. He was graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism and received a Litt.D. degree from the University of Colorado in 1944.Hal Borland has written another book of outdoor essays, This Hill. This Valley; three novels, When the Legends Die. The Seventh Winter, and The Amulet; a book about his dog Pat, The Dog Who Came to Stay; and a tale of the first Christmas, The Youngest Shepherd.