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This book is Thoreau's last masterpiece. It is a set of essays about wild fruits that he devoted all his efforts in the last ten years of his life to write one after another. Different from the philosopher in "Walden", in this book, Thoreau is like an amiable and knowledgeable playmate and botany teacher. He is full of sacred love for nature. Using his careful investigation of the wild itinerary as a clue, he describes in detail the distribution of various wild fruits in North America, their flowering periods, specific fruiting periods and their respective shapes and other life arts, as well as the natural relationship between various local insects, birds and beasts (such as various birds, black bears, squirrels, cattle and sheep, etc.). It makes people feel the harmony, loveliness and preciousness of all the vegetation around them, as well as the importance of interdependence and mutual support among all types of life.
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Thoreau devoted all his efforts in the last ten years of his life. Thoreau described the distribution of various wild fruits in North America with great love, making people feel the preciousness and loveliness of the vegetation around them.
Thoreau devoted all his efforts in the last ten years of his life. Thoreau described the distribution of various wild fruits in North America with great love, making people feel the preciousness and loveliness of the vegetation around them.
