The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies (English) Hardcover Book

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A nineteenth-century love letter to nature is rediscovered by Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams.

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"A first-rate tribute to an author who now has been rescued from obscurity."--THE UTAH REVIEWOriginally published in 1883, The Story of My Heart explores the existence of a "soul-life" as British nature writer Richard Jefferies experienced while wandering in England. With an introduction by Terry Tempest Williams and essays by Brooke Williams alongside Jefferies' original work, these two beloved writers and environmentalists contemplate dilemmas of modernity, the intrinsic need for wildness, and what it means to be human in the 21st century. Scott Slovic, editor of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, provides the afterword.

Author Biography

JOHN RICHARD JEFFERIES (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was a British novelist and essayist who helped pioneer the field of modern nature writing. Jefferies described the English countryside with an intimate vividness and expansive passion that inspired both his contemporaries and later writers. TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS is the author of fourteen books including Erosion: Essays of Undoing, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, and When Women Were Birds. Recipient of John Simon Guggenheim and Lannan Literary Fellowships in creative nonfiction, she is the Provostial Scholar at Dartmouth College. Her work has been anthologized and translated world-wide. BROOKE WILLIAMS has spent thirty years advocating for wildness, most recently with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and as the Executive Director of the Murie Center in Moose, Wyoming. He holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute and a Biology degree from the University of Utah. He has written four books including Halflives: Reconciling Work and Wildness, and dozens of articles. He is involved in The Great West Institute, a think tank exploring expansion and innovation in the conservation movement and is currently working on a book about ground-truthing. Brooke and Terry have been married since 1975. They live with their dogs in Jackson, Wyoming, and Castle Valley, Utah. SCOTT SLOVIC is professor of literature and environment and chair of the Department of English at the University of Idaho. He served as founding president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment from 1992 to 1995, and since 1995 has edited ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. The author of more than 200 articles in the field of ecocriticism, he has also written, edited, and co-edited twenty-one books, including Seeking Awareness in American Nature Writing and Going Away to Think.

Review

"Terry and Brooke's quest to understand Jefferies' ideas of a 'soul-life' has brought the British writer's ideas alive." --THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE"A first-rate tribute to an author who now has been rescued from obscurity." --THE UTAH REVIEW"A small volume that packs a punch." --THE DURANGO HERALD"The couple converses with Jefferies in the book as if with a new friend...Jefferies' prescient call for solitude in nature has proven itself worth fresh consideration." --ALBUQUERQUE WEEKLY ALIBI"What makes The Story of My Heart such an enjoyable find is the context that Terry and Brooke provide with their own commentary." --JACKSON HOLE NEWS & GUIDE"The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding." --BOOKLIST, starred review"Brooke and Terry give a sense of cohesion to Jefferies's writing, and leave readers with much to ponder about our own chaotic, fast-paced, work-obsessed world." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Review Quote

"[Terry and Brooke]'s quest to understand Jefferies' ideas of a 'soul-life' has brought the British writer's ideas alive..." --THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE "...an oustanding new book...a first-rate tribute to an author who now has been rescued from obscurity." --THE UTAH REVIEW "...a small volume that packs a punch." --THE DURANGO HERALD "The couple converses with Jefferies in the book as if with a new friend...Jefferies' prescient call for solitude in nature has proven itself worth fresh consideration." --ALBUQUERQUE WEEKLY ALIBI "What makes The Story of My Heart such an enjoyable find is the context that Terry and Brooke provide with their own commentary." --JACKSON HOLE NEWS & GUIDE "The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding." --BOOKLIST, starred review "Brooke and Terry give a sense of cohesion to Jefferies's writing, and leave readers with much to ponder about our own chaotic, fast-paced, work-obsessed world." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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Description for Sales People

Terry Tempest and Brooke Williams came across a copy of Story of My Heart in a small Maine bookstore. The beautiful volume intrigued the couple and inspired a journey--they traveled to Britain's Richard Jefferies museum to learn more about the 19th-century nature essayist. Delving into this love letter to nature strengthened and refreshed Terry and Brooke's relationship, with themselves and with the natural world Terry Tempest Williams is a widely known and well-loved author and environmental activist with connections in both literary and environmental spheres The Story of My Heart, a love story, will hit shelves in time for the holiday season, and will hit a second wave of gift-giving for Valentine's Day Terry Tempest Williams has been interviewed in The Rumpus, The Nation, Travel with Rick Steves, the Daily Beast, Guernica, American Public Media's The Story, and Other People with Brad Listi Her articles, opinion pieces, and essays have been published in Orion, The New York Times, The LA Times, Sports Illustrated, Outside magazine, High Country News, and she is a regular columnist for The Progressive

Details ISBN1937226417 Author Scott Slovic Short Title STORY OF MY HEART Pages 240 Publisher Torrey House Press Language English ISBN-10 1937226417 ISBN-13 9781937226411 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY B Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-11-04 Imprint Torrey House Press Audience General We've got this

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