An American Year

by Hal Borland

An American Year is the reflective journal of a man who is concerned chiefly with the slow rhythms and quiet, ordered ways of nature in the American countryside -- stars in their places, the turning seasons, blossom before fruit, and after planting, harvest. In times of stress and upheaval, of confusion and questioning, of far-reaching decisions and dubious certainties, it returns to those things which endure and pass beyond change and stress and disagreement.

Genres: Nature, Essays, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Harold Glen Borland was a nature journalist. During World War II he wrote radio programs for the government and served as special magazine correspondent. He had written several documentary movies, two volumes of poetry, a volume of essays, has collaborated on a play, and has contributed many non-fiction articles, short stories and novelettes to leading magazines here and abroad.

Mr. Borland was graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism. He also attended the University of Colorado and received a Litt.D. from there in 1944.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed savoring this slowly, taking more than a year to read through the essays and get into the gentle rhythm of the work.