{"product_id":"church-of-the-robins-ha-ha-anne-richey-9781944037789","title":"Church of the Robin's Ha-Ha!: John Burroughs' \"Natural Religion\" and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChurch of the Robin's Ha-Ha \u003c\/em\u003e, the title poem of this collection, underscores John Burroughs' essentially religious connection to nature. For the famed Catskill naturalist and writer, \"heaven on earth\" was no mere clich , but a reality. His parents' Calvinist preoccupation with the heaven to come, seemed to him tragically misguided and counter-productive. Still, as Anne Richey reminds us, Burroughs' love for the earth was tempered by eyes determinedly wide open: yes, bird song enchants us, but somewhere a snake is devouring a baby bird. In other poems, all set in the Catskills, Richey keeps faith with Burroughs' devotion to the near-at-hand - the sunlit and the dark: a doting mother photographs her two boys, a dog cowers in fear, a man appears to walk on water . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Richey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944037780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944037789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epigraph Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d","brand":"Anne Richey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129673347327,"sku":"9781944037789","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cbeb55b-887e-4d02-a4df-d880e3c67c71.jpg?v=1687465183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/church-of-the-robins-ha-ha-anne-richey-9781944037789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}