1901. Volume Thirteen of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Contents: In Green Alaska; Wild Life about My Cabin; New Gleanings in Old Fields; Bird Life in Winter; A Birds' Free Lunch; Two Birds'-Nests; August Days; Babes in the Woods; and A Lost February. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.