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The Nature Fakers Wildlife, Science & Sentiment

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Nature Fakers Wildlife, Science & Sentiment

By Ralph H. Lutts

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About the book

In 1903 John Burroughs published an Atlantic Monthly article attacking popular nature writers--among them William J. Long and Jack London--as "sham naturalists." The spirited "nature fakers" controversy that ensued reveals much about public attitudes toward nature at the time. Burroughs's argument that the writers invented facts and reported them as the gospel truth prompted a public literary debate, fueled by the avid participation of the nation's leading magazines and newspapers, and President...Show more

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ISBN

9780813920818

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Nature Fakers Wildlife, Science & Sentiment

Format

Paperback

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