Wake-Robin

John Burroughs (1837–1921) was an American naturalist and essayist pivotal in the U.S. conservation movement. Born on April 3, 1837, in Roxbury, New York, Burroughs developed an affinity for the natural world in his youth. Over his lifetime, he penned twenty-five volumes of essays reflecting his observations and thoughts on nature, thereby significantly influencing the nature writing genre. Among ...