{"product_id":"rural-hours-paperback-1","title":"Rural Hours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRochelle L. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSusan Fenimore Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (1850) is one of the earliest pieces of American nature writing and the first by a woman. This new edition, the only printing of the full original text since 1876, restores passages excised by the author for an 1887 edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper, Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894), uses narratives and descriptions of her walks and excursions to reveal her ideal society as a rural one, carefully poised between the receding wilderness and a looming industrialization. She theorizes that knowledge of place causes people to approach the land humbly and gratefully and asserts the necessity of establishing a society that is sustainable in the natural world and that sees a moral obligation to deepen knowledge of the natural history of the environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Fenimore Cooper (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER (1813-1894) was a pioneering American nature writer, as well as an accomplished illustrator of nature. In addition to having her own literary pursuits, she was instrumental to the career of James Fenimore Cooper. As one of his children, she was his trusted literary assistant \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRochelle L. Johnson (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ROCHELLE L. JOHNSON is an associate professor of English and environmental studies at the College of Idaho and immediate past president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE). She is the coeditor, with Daniel Patterson, of two volumes of Susan Fenimore Cooper's writings, \u003ci\u003eRural Hours and Essays on Nature and Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a collection of scholarly essays, \u003ci\u003eSusan Fenimore Cooper: New Essays on Rural Hours and Other Works\u003c\/i\u003e (all Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Patterson (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DANIEL PATTERSON is a professor of English at Central Michigan University and the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9.02 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722489991231,"sku":"9780820320007","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/39f3520e2a0f26877524bbb4953b7030.webp?v=1765095929","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/rural-hours-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}