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America's Wild Woodlands
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200 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1985
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William Howarth
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William Howarth (1940) is an American writer and professor emeritus of environmental literature and history at Princeton University. He has published thirteen books and also written for such national periodicals as National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The American Scholar.
He has served on the editorial board of Environmental History, as chairman of the board for The Center for American Places, and as editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau.
Howarth has taught at Princeton since 1966. His courses included the Literature of Place and Travel, American Renaissance Literature, and Darwin in our Time. He has won several awards for research and teaching, and he has advised 100 Ph.D. dissertations and 256 senior theses. He is a faculty associate of the Princeton Environmental Institute and a member of its executive committee.
Howarth received a B.A. from the University of Illinois, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
William Howarth (1940) is an American writer and professor emeritus of environmental literature and history at Princeton University. He has published thirteen books and also written for such national periodicals as National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The American Scholar.
He has served on the editorial board of Environmental History, as chairman of the board for The Center for American Places, and as editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau.
Howarth has taught at Princeton since 1966. His courses included the Literature of Place and Travel, American Renaissance Literature, and Darwin in our Time. He has won several awards for research and teaching, and he has advised 100 Ph.D. dissertations and 256 senior theses. He is a faculty associate of the Princeton Environmental Institute and a member of its executive committee.
Howarth received a B.A. from the University of Illinois, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
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October 28, 2009
When you cannot hike in the woods, this book can transport your mind there. The text is evocative and the photographs trigger daydreams that can start the vacation planning. The contributing authors are William Howarth, Jane R. McCauley, H. Robert Morrison, Jennifer C. Urquhart, and Merrill Windsor. Contributing photographers are Paul Chesley, Mike Clemmer, Steven C. Kaufman, and Tim Thompson. Illustrations are by Alan Singer.
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