Geoff Wisner is an author, editor, book reviewer, and
contributor to publications including the Christian Science Monitor
and the Quarterly Conversation. He is author of A Basket of Leaves
and editor of African Lives. He lives in New York City.
Barry Moser has illustrated or designed more than 300
books. His edition of Alice’sAdventures in Wonderland won the
National Book Award in 1983. He lives in western Massachusetts.
“Thoreau’s Wildflowers collects some of Thoreau’s best botanical
observations, pairing his prose with black and white drawings by
illustrator Barry Moser. The text is drawn from Thoreau’s
two-million-word journal, a work so massive that few have made
their way through it. Most readers of Thoreau’s Wildflowers will be
meeting these musings on plants for the first time.”—Danny Heitman,
Wall Street Journal
“These diaries make you feel as if you are alongside Thoreau as he
rambles through the American countryside”—Caroline Beck, Gardens
Illustrated
“Thoreau’s excursions through the woods of Concord were made with a
‘true sauntering of the eye.’ Geoff Wisner’s Thoreau’s Wildflowers
is a sauntering through the landscape of Thoreau’s journals leading
the reader to new discoveries of otherwise overlooked
fruit.”—Jeffrey S. Cramer, editor of Walden: A Fully Annotated
Edition
“This beautifully illustrated book brings Thoreau’s voice to life,
yielding a fascinating glimpse into the rich botanical world that
thrived in New England 150 years ago and that still graces the
landscape today.”—Elizabeth Farnsworth, New England Wildflower
Society
“Wisner’s seasonal compilation of Thoreau’s prolific wildflower
observations coupled with Ray Angelo’s heralded profile of Thoreau
as Botanist provide a delightful read and invaluable
resource.”—Cherrie Corey, Concord naturalist and photographer
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