Loren C. Eiseley (1907–1977)

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1. Loren C. Eiseley

   Author of The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature, All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life, The Invisible Pyramid

2. Richard Dawkins

   Author of The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life, Climbing Mount Improbable

3. Stephen Jay Gould

   Author of Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)

4. Henry James

   Author of Collected Travel Writings: The Continent, Henry James : Complete Stories 1884-1891 (Library of America), Collected Travel Writings: Great Britain and America

5. Lewis Thomas

   Author of The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony, The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series)

6. James Agee

   Author of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, James Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction (Library of America), Film Writing and Selected Journalism

7. Edmund Wilson

   Author of Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s: The Shores of Light / Axel's Castle / Uncollected Reviews, Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, Classics and

8. Ted Widmer

   Author of American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War, American Speeches: Political Oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton (Library of America)

9. William Maxwell

   Author of William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories, William Maxwell: Later Novels and Stories: The Château / So Long, See You Tomorrow (Library of America #184)

10. Annie Dillard

    Author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Living

11. Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

    Author of Theodore Roosevelt: The Rough Riders/An Autobiography (Library of America), Theodore Roosevelt: Letters and Speeches (Library of America)

12. John McPhee

    Author of The Control of Nature, Encounters with the Archdruid, The John McPhee Reader

13. Daniel C. Dennett

    Author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Freedom Evolves

14. A. J. Liebling

    Author of A.J. Liebling: World War II Writings (Library of America), A.J. Liebling: The Sweet Science and Other Writings: The Earl of Louisiana / The Jollity Building / Between Meals / The Press (Library of America No. 191)

15. Thornton Niven Wilder

    Author of Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater (Library of America), Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis rey and Other Novels 1926-1948

16. John Dos Passos

    Author of Novels, 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917, Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer (The Library of America), John Dos Passos: Travel Books and Other Writings 1916-1941

17. Steven Pinker

    Author of How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

18. Carl Sagan

    Author of The Dragons of Eden, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, The Cosmic Connection

19. Saul Bellow

    Author of Novels, 1944-1953: The Dangling Man; The Victim; The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow: Novels 1956-1964: Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog (Library of America)

20. Edward O. Wilson

    Author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, The Diversity of Life, Naturalist