The Writings of John Burroughs. Volume 18. The Breath of Life
- Author: John Burroughs
- ISBN: 9780543866783
- ISBN: 9780543866776
- Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Houghton, Mifflin Company in Boston; New York, 1915. This book is in English. This book contains 309 pages.
- Edition: Elibron Classics
- Book ID: 10027297
Son of a New York farmer, this essayist counted among his ancestors the minister executed as a wizard during the Salem witch trials. Dubbed "a sort of reduced Emerson" by Henry James, John Burroughs is today considered a pioneer of the modern nature essay. His works include Ways of Nature (1905), Birds and Poets (1877), and Notes on Walt Whitman (1867), among others.