A Book of Hours

A Book of Hours

By Donald Culross Peattie
Paperback $19.95

$19.95

Publication Date: 10th October 2013

Twenty-four essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between natural science and organic beauty Read More
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Twenty-four essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between natural science and organic beauty Read More
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A Book of Hours contains 24 essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between definitive scientific philosophy and the sheer unadulterated beauty that Donald Culross Peattie envisioned within everyday life. The Boston Transcript referred to this collection as “science, in sheer poetry,” and the Chicago Daily Tribune mused that “it leaves one a better man for having read it” and offers “the inevitableness of natural laws and the truth of beauty, if one cares to seek it.”
Details
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: 208
  • Carton Quantity: 36
  • Publisher: Trinity University Press
  • Imprint: Trinity University Press
  • Publication Date: 10th October 2013
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9781595341587
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth
    PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
    SCIENCE / Essays
    NATURE / Essays
Author Bio
Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the 20th century. Peattie was born in Chicago and grew up in Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, which sparked his interest in the immense wonders of nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1925 he became a nature columnist for the Washington Star Newspaper and subsequently went on to pen more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books in the next five decades. Widely acclaimed and popular in his age, his legacy has been attributed as inspiring a modern age of nature writing.
A Book of Hours contains 24 essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between definitive scientific philosophy and the sheer unadulterated beauty that Donald Culross Peattie envisioned within everyday life. The Boston Transcript referred to this collection as “science, in sheer poetry,” and the Chicago Daily Tribune mused that “it leaves one a better man for having read it” and offers “the inevitableness of natural laws and the truth of beauty, if one cares to seek it.”
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: 208
  • Carton Quantity: 36
  • Publisher: Trinity University Press
  • Imprint: Trinity University Press
  • Publication Date: 10th October 2013
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9781595341587
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth
    PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
    SCIENCE / Essays
    NATURE / Essays
Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the 20th century. Peattie was born in Chicago and grew up in Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, which sparked his interest in the immense wonders of nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1925 he became a nature columnist for the Washington Star Newspaper and subsequently went on to pen more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books in the next five decades. Widely acclaimed and popular in his age, his legacy has been attributed as inspiring a modern age of nature writing.