{"product_id":"forest-runes-george-washington-sears-9781789870268","title":"Forest Runes: Poems on Living and Hunting in the Mighty Natural Wilderness of North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Washington Sears tributes the great outdoors with a collection of poems chronicling life among nature in all its rugged glory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA committed outdoorsman, Sears was most at home among the trees and hills of America's wilderness. Each poem in this anthology chronicles a different aspect of life spent camping and living in the depths of nature, with only creatures for company. The author's affinity is plain to behold: he describes watching how a given animal behaves, how the weather unfolds amid the forest, how a camp feels like home, how overarching nature's majesty is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invigorating aspect of being outdoors is admired by the author; the mountain air, tinged with the scents of trees, was thought to benefit health in the 19th century. Other aspects of the book recount movements of the era; temperence from alcohol, and conflicts with the Native Americans, are alluded to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington Sears felt a sense of awe and wonder about nature while still a boy: his parent's books featuring Native Americans depicted a vast and beautiful habitats. Growing up to be a great lover of nature, Sears would often camp in the forests between working as a journalist and poet. He was an early proponent of the canoe as a means of exploring the rivers, and would undertake tours using these boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Washington Sears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789870267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789870268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantianos Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"George Washington Sears","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044072354047,"sku":"9781789870268","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ac6090d-144d-45e9-aa04-b2c76f4bfcb6.jpg?v=1684970772","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forest-runes-george-washington-sears-9781789870268","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}