A Gem in Bucks County: Pearl S. Buck International at 60

Posted by on Mar 29, 2024 in | Comments Off on A Gem in Bucks County: Pearl S. Buck International at 60   To many Pennsylvanians, the name Pearl S. Buck is familiar as a famous past resident. Some know her as the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good Earth and a Nobel laureate in literature. Others are aware of her as the founder of a child adoption agency, a civil rights activist, and a humanitarian. All these attributes in and of themselves are accurate descriptions of this notable...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by on Mar 27, 2024 in | Comments Off on Editor’s Letter “A century hence, they will not be here as I see them,” John James Audubon wrote in his journal on December 12, 1826, during a trip to England to raise money for the publication of The Birds of America. Audubon was feeling disconcerted about encroaching human activity in the American wilderness that would destroy nature’s “many brilliant charms,” among which he laments, “The Eagle scarce ever...
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