The American Seasons

by Edwin Way Teale

Edwin Way Teale and his wife Nellie headed south to Florida in 1947 to begin what proved to be the first of four long trips through the four American seasons. The end of that trail was not reached until 1962. The American Seasons is a one-volume rich harvest of chapters selected by Mr. Teale from his four original volumes of the seasons, with a fascinating Introduction by the author of the story behind his works. Additionally, there are sixty-four pages of superb photographs taken by Mr. Teale during his travels. This handsome volume was designed by Avery Fisher.

Genres: Nature, Memoir

433 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930 - 1980. He is perhaps best known for his series The American Seasons, four books documenting over 75,000 miles (121,000 km) of automobile travel across North America following the changing seasons.

Reviews

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book to be savored and re-read at your leisure. I would like to suggest Teale's description at the end of an autumn day would do well to describe this book.
"During this journey we had wandered as we wished. We had changed our plans to suit the day. We had, for the space of a whole glorious autumn, been time-rich."

[Stuart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nature kicks ass.