The Frog Run
Words and Wildness in the Vermont Woods
by John Elder
The tail end of the sugaring season in New England is called the
frog run, when pools of snowmelt teem with frogs and the last run of
sap good for making syrup flows from the maple trees. For John Elder, a
longtime resident of Vermont, a professor of English, and a man at
midlife, the frog run is a metaphor of loss and resurgence.
In this book, Elder describes the rewilding of the Vermont woods, the
sugarhouse he built with his sons, and his love of ecological
literature and Japanese culture. Moving from the game of Go to the
Psalms and Bash-o, he finds in each the value of embracing what seems
lost.
Books in the Credo series explore the essential goals,
concerns, and practices of contemporary American writers whose work
emphasizes the natural world and human community.
John Elder
Author's Bio:John Elder, who has taught at Middlebury College since 1973 and now
holds a split appointment as Stewart Professor of English and
Environmental Studies, is known for his wonderful teaching and for his
critical work on nature writing. He is the author most recently of Reading the Mountains of Home and has edited an encyclopedia, American Nature Writers, and (with Robert Finch) The Norton Anthology of Nature Writing. He lives with his family in Bristol, Vermont.
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Price:
$ 14.00
Binding: Paper
Availability In Stock: 477
immediately
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2002
Size: 5 x 8
Genre: Nonfiction/Environment/Memoir
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9781571312587
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