Loren eiseley books6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Over the next twenty years, Eiseley continued to publish works that found a large audience and critical acclaim. It would take some time to find success - he was just a month shy of fifty when he published his first collection, The Immense Journey, though the earliest essays were originally published nearly a decade earlier - but when success came it was huge: this debut of science writing sold over one million copies. ![]() While in high school he already wanted to be a nature writer. ![]() His fascination with nature started young. ![]() So far, this is a profound body of work that, while exploring and reveling in the beautiful mysteries of the earth and the universe, touches on my own fascination with existential concerns.Įiseley was born in Nebraska in 1907. It’s scientific writing, yes (and astute and interesting and wonderfully crafted as such), but it’s also a work of philosophy. Until The Library of America announced that they were releasing a boxed set of his work, I had never heard of Loren Eiseley, who, during his tenure in the Anthropology Department of the University of Pennsylvania, produced a body of science writing so poetic Publisher’s Weekly rightly referred to him as “the modern Thoreau.” Now, though still thumbing my way through The Library of America’s 1,000+ page set, I’m confident that this set will make my annual year-end favorite reads list. ![]()
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