1. Nature & Landscape in American Literature By :Gracie Everett ~All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God~

2. Nature in bloom…. When Frederick Jackson Turner announced in 1893 that "the American character did not spring full-blown from the Mayflower," but that "it came out of the forests and gained new strength each time it touched a frontier," his speech punctuated nearly three centuries of examinations into the American wilderness. From Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the subsequent expedition of Lewis and Clark, to Turner's "Frontier Thesis" at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, the geography and ecology of the American continent was the center of debate among Americans.

3. American Romanticism Influenced by Sir Walter Scott and his border tales which developed American Indian Romance and the romantic description of American literature.

4. Sir Walter Scott ~ 15 August 1771- 21 September 1832~ Deeply appreciated nature its natural beauty – American Romanticism writer who often wrote poetry about landscapes and nature.

5. Scotts work