John Burroughs was born in Roxbury, New York, April 3,
1837. He taught school in his early years, and held for
a time a clerkship in the United States Treasury. Since
1874 he has devoted himself to literature and fruit
culture. Among his well-known "Nature" books may be
noted _Wake Robin_, _Bird and Bough_, and _Camping and
Tramping with Roosevelt_.
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