Thoreau's Late Career and "The Dispersion of Seeds": The Saunterer's Synoptic Vision, by Michael Berger. Camden House, 2000. New hardcover with dust jacket. The first full-length study of Thoreau's The Dispersion of Seeds, a product of Thoreau's late career that synthesizes empirical field studies with literary sensibilities to describe seed dispersal and forest succession mechanisms as they generate patterns of forest growth in Concord woods. This study further explores how Thoreau managed the philosophical and rhetorical tensions involved in bridging the supposed gap between science and poetry. SIGNED by the author to the winning bidder.