In the South Seas
“Among the finest of Stevenson’s works.”—Joseph Conrad “Stevenson’s travel writing, a small part of his nonfiction output, is as outstanding and influential […]
Genre: Memoir
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance
Look Inside the Book In this vivid, unconventional memoir, Ford Madox Ford offers an intimate portrait of Joseph Conrad—friend, collaborator, and one […]
Goodbye to All That
Look Inside the Book First published in 1929, Goodbye to All That is Robert Graves’s indelible reckoning with the First World War […]
My Summer in a Garden
Previous slide Next slide My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner is a timeless classic of American garden and nature […]
What Is Man? and Other Essays
Previous slide Next slide What Is Man? and Other Essays showcases Twain at his most insightful and provocative. Brimming with philosophical candor […]
Travels in Alaska
Previous slide Next slide Travels in Alaska chronicles John Muir’s adventures in that astonishing and majestic landscape. Muir first journeyed to Alaska […]
The Outermost House
Long hailed as a classic of American nature writing, Henry Beston’s eloquent chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod […]
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Previous slide Next slide Elizabeth von Arnim’s vivid, humorous, and subtly subversive Elizabeth and her German Garden is one of the great […]
Far Away and Long Ago
Previous slide Next slide Far Away and Long Ago is a moving memoir of a vanished world, written by legendary naturalist and […]
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
Previous Next A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, John Muir’s captivating and lyrical travelogue, chronicles his remarkable 1867 journey from Indiana through […]