Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: From Vermont to Italy in the Footsteps of George Perkins Marsh - Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism Annotated edition

George Perkins Marsh was a Vermonter, and his diplomatic career took him for some years to Italy. This book follows in Marsh's footsteps along a trajectory running from Vermont to Italy, and fetches up at the managed forest of Vallombrosa. It takes up issues of sustainability as practiced locally, reports on family doings.