William Howarth

William Howarth is an American writer and professor of environmental literature and history at Princeton University. He has published thirteen books and also written for such national periodicals as National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The American Scholar.

He has served on the editorial board of "Environmental History," as chairman of the board for The Center for American Places, and as editor in chief of "The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau".

Howarth has taught at Princeton since 1966. His courses include the Literature of Place and Travel, and Darwin in our Time. He has won several awards for research and teaching. He is a faculty associate of the Princeton Environmental Institute and a member of its executive committee.

Source: Who's Who, 2006

Books by William Howarth

*"Nature in American Life"
*"The Literary Manuscripts of Henry D. Thoreau"
*"The John McPhee Reader"
*"Walden and Other Writings"
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*"Traveling the Trans-Canada"
*"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada"
*"Walking with Thoreau"

External links

* [http://www.princeton.edu/~howarth William Howarth's home page]
* [http://shs-58.blogspot.com William Howarth's weblog]