Background
Mr. Gilfillian was born in Castine, Ohio, United States, in 1910.
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Moods of the Ohio Moons: An Outdoorsman's Almanac
(For almost thirty years, Merrill Gilfillan has written ou...)
For almost thirty years, Merrill Gilfillan has written outdoor columns devoted primarily to describing and creating moods about the world of nature. These columns are informed by a rural background and field notes from more than sixty years of outdoor experience. In Gilfillan’s words, “Observation is more of the mind than of vision; our attitude is the secret of original observation. I choose the subjective approach to outdoor enjoyment. I did this after training in zoology and twenty years of field work as a wildlife biologist….We should learn to seek our own original ‘view’ of what we observe….The scientific method is necessary to gain facts, but the manner in which one experiences the facts is what will determine their final value to the individual and, perhaps, to society.” Moods of the Ohio Moons is the product of this subjective method of observation, balanced with scientific knowledge and intended to encourage readers to explore their own individual appreciation and understanding of nature. Twelve essays, one for each month, relate incidents and events―weather, diagnostic events, vegetation and wildlife, agriculture, trends of land use, and the wild harvest―that contribute to the mood of the time. As Gilfillan demonstrates, each month has its mood established primarily by nature and only secondarily by humans.
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Sworn Before Cranes
(A collection of short stories journeys back to the landsc...)
A collection of short stories journeys back to the landscape of the Great Plains to explore the lives of such characters as an Ethiopian teenager in search of his first Native American
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Light Years Selected Early Works 1969-1972 (A Dynamite book)
(The selection includes prose-poems and poetry from earlie...)
The selection includes prose-poems and poetry from earlier books Truck; Ten Cents; Skyliner; and 9:15; as well as previously unpublished work. Merrill Gilfillan explores the essential content of our culture(s) through a linguistic 'jump-cut' editing technique. He uses any and all the phenomena of human experience as information, and refuses to see any category of experience as inherently more significant than any other: sunset over the petrochemical plants of Elizabeth, N.J.; a string quartet; Mexican table manners; Nixon in Venezuela; a toothache; or gas-pumps in the hills of Kentucky are all equally informative film-clips in his cross-cultural collage.
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Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains by Merrill Gilfillan (1988-04-03)
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River Through Rivertown
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Merrill C. Gilfillian
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He began his career as a naturalist, specializing in wildlife research with the Ohio Division of Wildlife. In 1956, Mr. Gilfillian took a post with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources as a writer and editor of the Ohio Conservation Bulletin. In 1975, Merrill Gilfillian penned a collection of poetry, titled To Creature.
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Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains
(The rolling, billowing, delicate landscape of Nebraska’s ...)
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Sworn Before Cranes
(A collection of short stories journeys back to the landsc...)
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Moods of the Ohio Moons: An Outdoorsman's Almanac
(For almost thirty years, Merrill Gilfillan has written ou...)
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Light Years Selected Early Works 1969-1972 (A Dynamite book)
(The selection includes prose-poems and poetry from earlie...)
- Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains by Merrill Gilfillan (1988-04-03)
- River Through Rivertown
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Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains
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July 12, 1996 (aged 86) -
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American
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1956