Abbey, Edward Articles about Abbey, introductory and biographical information, a
bibliography, quotes, links.
Austin,
Mary
Text of The Land of Little Rain, with illustrations from the
1903 Houghton Mifflin edition.
Burroughs, John
Includes the bird index from the 1904 Riverby edition of Burroughs' works.
Also bibliographic information, quotes, links.
Emerson, Ralph
Waldo
Collection of links on Emerson and on American Transcendentalism.
Environmental
Writers Annotated links covering essayists, ornithologists, poets and
ecologists. From the Association for the Study of
Literature and Environment.
Dear Web Surfer:
There’s a great wilderness in America. It’s not in Alaska or in the national
parks of the West. Most people don’t know about it because it hasn’t
received a lot of press. It’s a wilderness many of us can get to in minutes, a
place where we can experience wildlife drama first-hand. Read
more about it.
Melville, Herman
Has links to texts of some of Melville's novels and shorter works, including
Moby Dick and Bartleby the Scrivener.
Muir, John
The Sierra Club's John Muir Exhibit, with texts of selected Muir books and
articles.
Olson, Sigurd F.
Covers Sigurd Olson's life, writing, philosophy. Includes texts of some of
his articles and speeches; also bibliographic information, links, photos.
Romantic
Natural History
Explores the relationship between literature and natural history prior to
the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859).
Thoreau Reader
Three complete books and four essays by Thoreau, annotated versions of Walden and
Civil Disobedience, links. Well presented by Richard Lenat.
Thoreau, Walden, and the Environment
In three parts: conservation (mainly of the Walden Woods ecosystem),
education (teacher seminars on how to discover the "Waldens" in
our own communities), and research (including digital collections of
Thoreau's writing—the 1906 edition of The
Journal being of special interest).
Thoreau's Blog
Journal entries of Thoreau presented as a blog.
The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Covers Thoreau's philosophy, writing, life, times; with links, research
material, partial Journal transcripts. Based on the 30-volume Thoreau Edition (in preparation).
Writing.com
An online community for writers working in a variety of genres, including
nature. Chosen by Writer's Digest as one of the 101 best sites for
writers. Requires registration (free).
A message from Robert Winkler
Jeff Brush/Connecticut Post (used with permission)
If you enjoyed this essay, I know you'll enjoy my critically
acclaimed book, Going Wild:
Adventures with Birds in the Suburban Wilderness (National
Geographic), which expands on many
of the short pieces I've posted here. Why do I write about birds? Because they represent the
wild in all its glory. They're numerous, diverse, intelligent, talkative, and
beautiful; their power of flight never ceases to amaze; and they're the most
conspicuous class of wild animal—even in the suburb, they're just about
everywhere. Whether you're a beginning or advanced birder, a fan of
nature writing, a curious suburbanite, or a reader in search of that rare
bird known as a good book, Going Wild could very well change how you
view your world.
