The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm Presents Geoff Wisner: A Year of Birds
Thoreau and the Birds of Concord: A Book Launch with Geoff Wisner
Saturday, May 11th at 6pm
$15 IN PERSON / $10 VIRTUAL (ZOOM)
Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Rd. Concord, MA. 01742
Just released by Mercer University Press, A Year of Birds is the first collection of Thoreau’s writings on birds to be arranged by the day of the year, emphasizing the relationship of birds with their environment and the spiritual significance of the seasons. With a focus on the town of Concord, A Year of Birds includes unparalleled descriptions of birds ranging from the red-tailed hawk to the whippoorwill. Special sections are devoted to the now-vanished passenger pigeon and to Thoreau’s mysterious “night warbler.”
Geoff Wisner, editor of A Year of Birds, is a board member of the Thoreau Society and the editor of Thoreau’s Wildflowers and Thoreau’s Animals, published by Yale University Press.
The Thoreau Society received a Mass Humanities Staffing Recovery Grant (2023-25) in support of our Membership and Program Coordinator. Funding from Mass Humanities has been provided through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.