Birds, Boughs, & Belonging
Reflections on Nature, Solitude, and the American Spirit
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Birds, Boughs, & Belonging
Narrated by:
Caleb Summers, Arielle DeLisle, Lisa Negrón, John Hopkinson, Craig Abbott, Tiffany Vanlandingham, Judith Bareham
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About this listen
Across gardens, forests, seashores, and mountain vistas, classic American writers—including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville—explore solitude, empathy, and moral lessons provided by birds, trees, and living landscapes. These stories reflect on small moments: observing the Sabbath from a window, a nest meticulously built, a garden persistently tended, and a lonely soul enlightened by nature’s wisdom.
This volume is not about escaping society but about learning to belong within it more humanely. Sometimes whimsical, sometimes meditative, and at times quietly devastating, these selections reveal how nature consoles, instructs, and ultimately reconnects individuals—with themselves and others.
Thoughtfully arranged for immersive listening, Birds, Boughs, and Belonging offers a restorative journey into the reflective, compassionate, and vibrant American spirit.
Featuring the work of renowned authors and hidden gems of classic American fiction, including:
Sunday at Home, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Footprints on the Seashore, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Piazza, by Herman Melville
Sketches from Memory, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Domain of Arnheim, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Island of the Fay, by Edgar Allan Poe
My Summer in a Garden, by Charles Dudley Warner
Buds and Bird Voices, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair, by Louisa May Alcott
What the Swallows Did, by Louisa May Alcott
Gray Lady and the Birds, by Mabel Osgood Wright
The Oriole’s Nest, by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Song of the Fir-Tree, by Kate Douglas Wiggin
A Story of the Forest, by Nora A. Smith
The Brown Birds, by Maud Lindsay
Morning-Glories, by Louisa May Alcott
Mistress Mary, by L. Frank Baum
The Whale’s Story, by Louisa May Alcott
The Maple-Leaf and the Violet, by Nora A. Smith
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