Richard F. Fleck (1937- )
Richard F. Fleck is the author of a scholarly study entitled Thoreau And Muir Among The Indians. He is the editor of selections of Thoreau’s “Indian Notebooks” in his book The Indians of Thoreau and of numerous paperback reprints of Thoreau including the first Japanese edition (in English with textual notes in Japanese) of Thoreau’s The Maine Woods. He is also the author of the scholarly study, Critical Perspectives on Native American Fiction, and is the editor of several reprint editions of John Muir’s writings, including Our National Parks and Mountaineering Essays, as well as an edition of S. Hall Young’s Alaska Days with John Muir. He is also the author of several books of poetry and fiction.
- The Richard F. Fleck Papers: A Guide to the Collection
- Related Materials: Other archival collections created by Richard F. Fleck are located at Archives and Special Collections, Auraria Library (Denver, Colorado) and at Archives West
Richard F. Fleck Selected Texts
- Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians [Archon Books, 1985; with errata and addendum, 2009]
- Selections from the “Indian Notebooks” (1847-1861) of Henry D. Thoreau [Transcribed, with an Introduction and additional material, by Richard F. Fleck]
- From Iceland to Alaska Observations on Tribal Cultures and the Land
- Homage to a Shoshone Elder
- Black Elk Speaks: A Native American View of Nineteenth Century American History, Journal of American Culture 17 (Spring, 1994), 67-69.
- John Muir: The Celebration of Wilderness
- John Muir’s Defense of Wildlife
- Mythic Buds in Thoreau’s Journal
- North by Northwest with John Muir
- A Note on John Muir and the Appalachian Mountain Club
- Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas: A Perspective on Islam
- Solace of Dinosaur Ridge
- Life Above 7000 Feet in Wyoming
- Our National Parks
- Introduction to Steep Trails
- HubPages Interview of Richard F. Fleck
- Climbing Magazine: Richard F. Fleck
- Relevance of John Muir’s Steep Trails
- Earth Day with John Muir Part One
- John Muir Earth Day: Part Two
- Iceland at Last
- A Medley of New England Poems I
- A Medley of New England Poems II
- Irish Interest in Henry David Thoreau
- Henry Thoreau and the Wilderness
- Henry David Thoreau and the Mystic Lore of Cape Cod
- More Day to Dawn (A Prose Poem)
- Happy Jack Reprieve
- Colorado Authors’ League New Member: Richard F. Fleck
- Colorado Authors’ League Announcement
- A Day in the Ghost Town of St. Elmo, Colorado
