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Product Description From the purple grasses of August, to the yellow elms of October, to the scarlet oak leaves of November, Henry David Thoreau casts his eye on the brilliant colors of autumn and guides us on a journey through the season's bounty. In this classic essay, first published in 1862, Thoreau delights in fall's foliage and reveals both a practical and philosophical understanding of the changing environment. Now available in audio for the first time, Thoreau's essay is the perfect travel companion for those out to discover one of America s natural wonders. Unabridged on 1 CD/72 minutes Narrated by Brett Barry Review Library Journal EDITORS' PICK 2008 Brett Barry's crisp, well-paced reading free of theatrics allows the author's words to resonate. Listeners will get the sense of walking alongside Thoreau as he leads them half authoritative teacher, half marveling student on a tour of the evocative landscape. --Library Journal About the Author Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) is America's most revered chronicler of nature. His major work, Walden, is a much beloved classic about his years spent in a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond. But Thoreau wrote prolifically during his short life journal entries, poems, and travelogues, as well as numerous lectures and essays on natural history and social reform. Autumnal Tints is one of Thoreau's best known essays. Written as a lecture, which he delivered in 1859, the text was first published in the October issue of The Atlantic Monthly, just months after his death in May, 1862.