Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Science & Math
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is Annie Dillard's account of a year spent observing nature near her home in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. In first-person essays she describes insects, muskrats, frogs, trees and the turning seasons around Tinker Creek, and reflects on beauty, cruelty, faith and the mystery of creation. Published in 1974, the book is regarded as a classic of American nature writing.
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- John Green: “This gorgeous first edition of Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, I think about this book almost every day.”