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Geoff is the author of A Basket of Leaves: 99 Books That Capture the Spirit of Africa (2007) and the editor of African Lives: An Anthology of Memoirs and Autobiographies (2013), Thoreau's Wildflowers, (2016) and Thoreau's Animals (2017).

Geoff's work also appears in the Christian Science Monitor, Warscapes, The Quarterly Conversation, and Words Without Borders. He tweets at @geoffwisner, @AfricanLives, @ThoreausFlowers, @StrongsCivilWar, and @StrongsNewYork.

Geoff was born and raised in upstate New York, and earned a degree in English and American literature and language from Harvard University. ...more

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Geoff Wisner I'm currently editing the diary of George Templeton Strong, with the hope of publishing two companion volumes: Strong's Civil War and Strong's New Yor…moreI'm currently editing the diary of George Templeton Strong, with the hope of publishing two companion volumes: Strong's Civil War and Strong's New York. I've been tweeting excerpts at @strongscivilwar and @strongsnewyork.(less)

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Geoff Wisner My books so far have inspired by the thought that there should really be a book about such and such, and there isn't. For instance, I had read a lot o…moreMy books so far have inspired by the thought that there should really be a book about such and such, and there isn't. For instance, I had read a lot of compelling true-life stories by Africans, but I never found an anthology of African memoirs to read. As far as I know, African Lives is the first!

Sometimes I have an idea and it turns out someone *has* done it before. I wanted to write a book called The Book of Lost Books and it turned out someone (Stuart Kelly) had done the very same thing -- and with the same title!(less)

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	Thoreau's Animals by Henry David Thoreau, Debby Cotter Kaspari (Illustrator), Geoff Wisner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoreau's Wildflowers by Henry David Thoreau, Geoff Wisner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Barry Moser (Illustrations) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Basket of Leaves: 99 Books That Capture the Spirit of Africa 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	African Lives: An Anthology of Memoirs and Autobiographies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoreau's Wildflowers by Henry David Thoreau(2011-10-27) by Geoff Wisner (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries (LOA #396) (Library of America, 396) by George Templeton Strong, Geoff Wisner (Goodreads Author) (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
― Sid Ziff

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“How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?”
― Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

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