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Dallas Lore Sharp
1870–1929
Best remembered for warmly observant nature writing, this American author and teacher brought fields, woods, and wildlife to life for generations of readers. His work blends close attention to the natural world with an inviting, reflective style.
14 Audiobooks
The Fall of the Year
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Winter
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Spring of the Year
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Lay of the Land
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Summer
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Roof and Meadow
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor
A Watcher in The Woods
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Hills of Hingham
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Wild Life Near Home
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Magical Chance
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Seer of Slabsides
by Dallas Lore Sharp
The Face of the Fields
by Dallas Lore Sharp
Some great American books
by Dallas Lore Sharp
About the author
Born in 1870 and dying in 1929, he was an American author and university professor. He is especially associated with nature writing, and his work helped make careful watching of birds, animals, and rural landscapes feel vivid and approachable.
His books and essays are known for turning everyday encounters outdoors into lively, thoughtful reading. Rather than treating nature as distant or abstract, he wrote in a way that made woods, pastures, and changing seasons feel close at hand.
A surviving photograph on his Wikipedia page shows him resting on a rock near the summit of Mount Hood in 1912, which fits well with the outdoors-centered life and image that surround his work.