{"product_id":"rural-hours-susan-fenimore-cooper-9780820320007","title":"Rural Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (1850) is one of the earliest pieces of American nature writing and the first by a woman. This new edition, the only printing of the full original text since 1876, restores passages excised by the author for an 1887 edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper, Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894), uses narratives and descriptions of her walks and excursions to reveal her ideal society as a rural one, carefully poised between the receding wilderness and a looming industrialization. She theorizes that knowledge of place causes people to approach the land humbly and gratefully and asserts the necessity of establishing a society that is sustainable in the natural world and that sees a moral obligation to deepen knowledge of the natural history of the environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rochelle L. Johnson, Susan Fenimore Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820320005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820320007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.96d","brand":"Rochelle L. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980616761599,"sku":"9780820320007","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc0596f5-d9f9-45dd-8972-7a03fbeaf6b2.jpg?v=1683250930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rural-hours-susan-fenimore-cooper-9780820320007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}