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b'We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.\\xa0Tonight, by listener request, we\\u2019ll read the opening to "Riverby" by John Burroughs. The section is titled "Among the Wild Flowers".\\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\\n\\nJohn Burroughs was an American nature essayist, active in the U.S.conservation movement. Burroughs accompanied many personalities of the time in his later years, including Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford (who gave him an automobile),and Thomas Edison.\\xa0\\n\\nAccording to Ford, "John Burroughs, Edison, and I made several vagabond trips together. We went in motor caravans and slept under canvas."\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2014 read by \'V\' \\u2014\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'