The Concord Writer, What makes a book about a writer living in Concord, Massachusetts of interest to Colorado readers? In part it is the longing expressed by that writer throughout the book for a sense of peace that she feels she will only find in Colorado. Cathryn McIntyre is a writer, literary historian, Thoreau scholar and natural psychic. She has spent years studying the literary history of Concord, MA, while also investigating areas that are considered paranormal by some but that she has come to recognize as a normal but too often dismissed part of life. The ablity she has to tap into the realms of spirit has influenced her views of the writers she studies and of their transcendental beliefs. * * * * * * * Honor in Concord: Seeking Spirit in Literary Concord by Cathryn McIntyre Boulder Book Store 1107 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302 4280 Tennyson Street Denver CO 80212 1001 E. Harmony Road, Unit C
a literary and publishing concern in Concord, Massachusetts that is dedicated to the words, wisdom and enduring spirit
of Concord writer,
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862),
is pleased to introduce to Colorado readers:
Honor in Concord: Seeking Spirit in Literary Concord,
a remarkable work of memoir and fiction by literary
historian and spiritualist writer,
Cathryn McIntyre
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AVAILABLE IN COLORADO AT: BOULDER BOOKSTORE - BOULDER; THE BOOKERY NOOK - DENVER ;
THE READERS COVE - FORT COLLINS ; [more to come]
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"The mountains in Colorado feel in my mind like a long awaited embrace. I want to move there and be surrounded by them, to live happily in the mountains, safely away from the me that I have been pursuing all these years.”
It is also for the message that this book contains. It is a message spoken by America's transcendentalist writers two centuries ago and one that is even more relevant today. It is a message that reminds us of the presence of spirit in our lives. It reminds us of what Ralph Waldo Emerson called
the infinitude of the soul.
It has also influenced the way that she writes.
As we move with her from present to past and from fiction to memoir within the pages of Honor in Concord we begin to understand how the world appears to this writer who sees the present and the past playing out before her eyes in Concord, and who draws her readers into the past through vivid passages that are written with such clarity that readers feel as if they are there to witness that moment in time. Soon it becomes evident that the here, the now and the who that we cling to is not so firm and solid as we once thought. We are more than our physical bodies and we live more than just this one life.
All events seem to play out simultaneously. There is no present
or past and there is synchronicity in all that occurs.
Even the realtor she meets has recently returned from Boulder. Of it he says,
Honor in Concord teaches us to become more conscious of the past, of the present, and of the actions we choose. The message here is that all that we think, say and do has meaning. Our actions and intentions make up the very essence of who we are and help to form the circumstances of the world in which we live. There is destiny, yes, but there is also free will, and it is up to us to decide whether we will honor the path we are on in life and the commitments we have made.
This writer's path has led her to Concord, Massachusetts and yet she continues to dream of Colorado. How long will she stay here?
Until her work here is done.
Cathryn McIntyre looks forward to the day she can call Boulder, Colorado her
home. In the meantime, in Honor in Concord she welcomes Colorado readers
to experience her current home and the magic of the past that she
continues to experience and to write about here.
Please view other pages on this website for additional information about Honor in Concord, including reviews, and for information on Cathryn’s other work, including the upcoming, Thoreau’s Wise Silence.
is available through any bookstore or internet bookseller. It is also available
in Colorado at the following locations:
The Bookery Nook
The Readers Cove
Fort Collins, CO 80525
[more to come]
