The Natural History Essays includes essays from America's most renowned and beloved naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. It includes "Huckleberries," "Natural History of Massachusetts," "A Walk to Wachusett," "The Succession of Forest Trees," "A Winter Walk," "Wild Apples," "Autumnal Tints," and "Walking."
The goal of the essay is to develop such skills as independent creative thinking and a written statement of one’s own thoughts.
It is not so easy to find a book that taught us as much as a book written by ourselves.
James Hall
store owner
An essay is a prose essay of a small volume and a free composition, expressing individual impressions and considerations on a specific subject or issue, and obviously not claiming to be defining or exhaustive interpretation of the subject.