Donald Culross Peattie (18981964) was one of the most
influential American nature writers of the 20th century. Peattie
was born in Chicago and grew up in Smoky Mountains in North
Carolina, which sparked his interest in the immense wonders of
nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard
University. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
he decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1925 he became a
nature columnist for the Washington Star Newspaper and subsequently
went on to pen more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books in the
next five decades. Widely acclaimed and popular in his age, his
legacy has been attributed as inspiring a modern age of nature
writing.
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