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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
March 7,
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Teresa Izzo<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i> Thoreau and the Language of Trees<br>
</i>An Illustrated Lecture<br>
By Richard Higgins<br>
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BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is proud to
present “<i>Thoreau and the Language of Trees”</i><b> </b>an
Illustrated Lecture by Richard Higgins in conjunction with his
photography exhibit in our Naturescape Gallery<b> </b>on<b> Saturday,
April 7, 2018 at 1pm. <br>
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</b>Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau’s creativity as a writer,
his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. He admired
their beauty, studied how they grew, took them as spiritual companions
and wrote about them as few have. When he said the poet loves the pine
tree as his own “shadow in the air,” he was speaking about himself. In
short, he spoke their language. <br>
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This original illustrated talk explores Thoreau’s deep connections to
trees. Using Thoreau’s words, photographs of historic trees and his own
black-and-white photographs of trees today, Higgins looks at Thoreau’s
keen perception of trees, the poetry he saw in them, and how they fed his
soul. He presents trees as a central thread connecting all parts of
Thoreau’s beingheart, mind, and spirit.<br>
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RICHARD HIGGINS is a writer and editor in Concord, Massachusetts, and the
author of <i>Thoreau and the Language of Trees,</i> published by the
University of California Press. A former <i>Boston Globe </i>staff
writer, he is the coauthor of <i>Portfolio Life</i>. His writing has
appeared in the <i>New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Christian Century,
Esquire</i>, and <i>Smithsonian</i> and many other publications. <br>
He will be selling and signing his book at the event.<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
</b>For more information please call the Museum at
508-896-3867 ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
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