Forward and backward I have gone, and for me it has been an immense journey /5. He observes the story of life unfolding throughout history, recounting some of it to us in his own story. book anthropologist, a scholar, a poet, a genius. Eiseley Download PDF EPUB FB2Īn imaginative naturalist, according to the cover of his book, The Immense Journey. I: The Immense Journey, The Firmament of Time, The. Eiseley,, Vintage Books edition, in English The immense journey ( edition) | Open Librar圜ited by: The Hardcover of the Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol.

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley blends scientific knowledge and imaginative vision in this story of man. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Nature - pages.

The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature. First, I had to fall in love with Annie Dillard, with her Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, and learn, somewhere, that Loren had shaped. I had to catch wind of him again and again. It took me a long time to open up to the religious naturalism of Loren Eiseley. It also includes hints of what he believes, something of his personal philosophy.īirds” in his book, The Immense Journey. Loren Eiseley's The Immense Journey contains a number of essays, the first of which, 'The Slit,' ends with a brief statement that includes an explanation of what he has attempted to do in this book and of what the reader should expect. From that point on, he was recognized nationally and.

The Immense Journey is a collection of essays, many of which owe their origin to his early Nebraska experiences. It was the publication in ** of his first and best known book, The Immense Journey, that established him as a writer with the unique ability to combine science and humanism.

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