Life in the Open Air and other papers

Life in the Open Air and other papers
by Theodore Winthrop

This is an anthology of several of Winthrop’s short works, both unfinished and completed. These unrelated works were edited by George William Curtis and published in one volume posthumously in 1863.

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Life in the Open Air: Introductory Note by George William Curtis
Life in the Open Air – An account of the author’s adventures in northern Maine and the ascent of Mount Katahdin
Love and Skates – A short story
New York Seventh Regiment – An account of the march of the New York Seventh Regiment to Washington, D.C. in 1861
Washington as a Camp – An account of the New York Seventh Regiment’s encampment at Washington, D.C. in 1861
Fortress Monroe – An unfinished account of life at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1861
Brightly’s Orphan – An unfinished short story
“The Heart of the Andes” – A description and analysis of Frederic Edwin Church’s painting The Heart of the Andes

This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.