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Krutch, Joseph Wood was born on November 25, 1893 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edward Waldemore and Adelaide (Wood) Krutch.
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Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch’s Burroughs Award–winning The Desert Year is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although Krutch—often called the Cactus Walden—came to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout The Desert Year, whether he is marveling at the majesty of the endless dry sea, at flowers carpeting the desert floor, or at the unexpected appearance of an army of frogs after a heavy rain. Krutch’s trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the “lower” forms of life: “Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has ‘become adapted’ to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves.” This edition contains 33 exacting drawings by noted illustrator Rudolf Freund. Closely tied to Krutch’s uncluttered text, the drawings tell a story of ineffable beauty.
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You could call this book an extensive essay calling forth human courage in this modern age of anxiety.
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Krutch examines the dilemmas faced by modern man. The rise of materialism and science is discussed and has proven to be remarkably prophetic. The author addresses the major moral questions of our times.
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Excerpt from The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation Not many months ago the creosote was covered with bright yellow pealike owers; the mesquite with pale yel low catkins. Now the former is heavy with gray seed and on the mesquite are forming long pods which Indians once ate and which cattle now find an unusually rich food. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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Originally published in 1956, The Great Chain of Life brings a humanist’s keen eye and ear to one of the great questions of the ages: “What am I?” Originally a scholar of literature and theater, toward the end of his career Joseph Wood Krutch turned to the study of the natural world. Bringing his keen intellect to bear on the places around him, Krutch crafted some of the most memorable and important works of nature writing extant. Whether anticipating the arguments of biologists who now ascribe high levels of cognition to the so-called lower animals, recognizing the importance of nature for a well-lived life, or seeing nature as an elaborately interconnected, interdependent network, Krutch’s seminal work contains lessons just as resonant today as they were when the book was first written. Lavishly illustrated with thirteen beautiful woodcuts by Paul Landacre, an all-but-lost yet important Los Angeles artist whom Rockwell Kent called “the best American wood engraver working,” The Great Chain of Life will be cherished by new generations of readers.
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"The author deftly weaves the materials of natural and human history into a radiant, tightly woven fabric. . . . This classic is a book for all seasons—to be reread and savored over the years."—Latin America in Books "His superb writing style and the timelessness of his subject (the natural world and the interaction of human beings with it) make this every bit as enjoyable today as it was in the 1960's."—Books of the Southwest "Well-written and fascinating."—Journal of Arid Environments
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Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch’s Burroughs Award–winning The Desert Year is as beautiful as it is philosophically profound. Although Krutch—often called the Cactus Walden—came to the desert relatively late in his life, his curiosity and delight in his surroundings abound throughout The Desert Year, whether he is marveling at the majesty of the endless dry sea, at flowers carpeting the desert floor, or at the unexpected appearance of an army of frogs after a heavy rain. Krutch’s trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the “lower” forms of life: “Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has ‘become adapted’ to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves.” This edition contains 33 exacting drawings by noted illustrator Rudolf Freund. Closely tied to Krutch’s uncluttered text, the drawings tell a story of ineffable beauty.
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Essays on the contemplative nature of man's relationship with nature, animals, other people.
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Krutch, Joseph Wood was born on November 25, 1893 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edward Waldemore and Adelaide (Wood) Krutch.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee, 1915. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1923, Doctor of Letters (honorary), 1955. Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary) Northwestern University, 1958, University of Arizona, 1960.
Afterwards, he worked as teacher at Brooklyn Polytechnic. He became a theater critic for The Nation and wrote several books, gaining acclaim through a work critical of the impact of science and technology. He wrote biographies of Samuel Johnson and Henry David Thoreau in the 1940s, altogether completing a dozen volumes of literary biography and theatrical history.
Throughout his life he wrote 35 books altogether.
The Modern Temper was satirized by Bertrand Russell in his book The Conquest of Happiness. He worked as a professor at Columbia University from 1937-1953.
After moving to Arizona in 1952, Krutch wrote books about natural issues of ecology, the southwestern desert environment, and the natural history of the Grand Canyon, winning renown as a naturalist and conservationist. These writings expressed a yearning for a simpler, more contemplative life.
"If you drive a car at 70 mph, you can"t do anything but keep the monster under control", he expressed. one of his famous essays The tragic fallacy is well appreciated till today.
Krutch died in Tucson, Arizona at age 76 from colon cancer in 1970. One of the last interviews with Krutch before his death was conducted by Edward Abbey and appears in Abbey"s 1988 book, One Life at a Time, Please (). Many of Krutch"s manuscripts and typescripts are held by the University of Arizona, where the Joseph Wood Krutch Cactus Garden was named in his honor in 1980.
( Originally published in 1956, The Great Chain of Life b...)
("An engaging and thoroughly compehensible portrait of the...)
(Excerpt from The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Inte...)
( Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch’s Burroughs Award...)
( Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch’s Burroughs Award...)
( Now back in print, Joseph Wood Krutch’s Burroughs Award...)
(Binding tight, very minor shelf and reading wear, has wat...)
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(Krutch examines the dilemmas faced by modern man. The ris...)
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Member Psychological Corps, Army of the United States, 1918. Trustee Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts Letters, National Institute Arts and Letters.
Member board editors, American Men. of Letters Series, 1947-1970.
Married to Marcelle Leguia, February 10, 1923.
