The People of Concord: One Year in the Flowering of New England

The Globe Pequot Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For Bill, a small contribution to your Concord collection. With warmest regards, from Paul, October 1990." Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton-Mifflin, and in that capacity alone was a great champion of environmental writing. As Rachel Carson's editor, he suggested the title Silent Spring, and he later wrote a book about her. But Brooks was also a great student of environmental writing and accomplished naturalist writer himself and was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing. Here he takes on his native ground, having in grown up in Lincoln, MA, which neighbors Concord. The book is focused especially on the year 1846, when Thoreau was living at Walden and drafting his masterpiece, and it further explores literary Transcendentalism with chapters on "The Literary Scene" and "What They Were Reading." A fine book in a very near fine jacket with a touch of wear to corners. Uncommon signed. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.