John Hanson Mitchell Books
The Curious Naturalist
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An introduction to the world of nature--flora, fauna, stars, weather--and instruction for a number of craft projects.
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Walking Towards Walden
An exploration of sense of place, what it means, how it developed, and why it matters.Based on an eighteenth-century literary device in which a group of friends undertake a walking tour and discuss...
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Walking towards Walden
One brilliant day in October, John Mitchell and two friends began a fifteen-mile walk to the tomb of Henry David Thoreau. Starting from an ancient burial site where, according to legend, a Scottish...
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Trespassing
How did a nation built on a vision of "wide open spaces" come to believe in the private ownership of land? John Hanson Mitchell, one of our foremost nature writers, explores this question. Buildin...
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