Selected writings / John Muir ; with an introduction by Terry Tempest Williams.

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Muir, John, 1838-1914 [Browse]
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Language
English
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New York : Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Description
xxxi, 784 pages ; 21 cm.

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    "This volume of John Muir's selected writings chronicles the key turning points in his life and study of the American wilderness. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is Muir's account of his childhood on a Wisconsin farm, where his interest in nature was first piqued; in The Mountains of California, The Yosemite, and Travels in Alaska, we follow him on long journeys into stunning mountain ranges and valleys, where he records native flora and fauna and finds proof of his theories of the effect of glaciers on landscape formation. These four full-length works--along with a selection of important essays--helped galvanize American naturalists, and led to the founding of the Sierra Club and several national parks."--Provided by publisher.
    Notes
    "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (page xxi).
    Contents
    • The story of my boyhood and youth
    • The mountains of California
    • The Yosemite
    • Travels in Alaska
    • Essays. Twenty Hill Hollow ; A geologist's winter walk ; Wild wool ; God's first temples ; The American forests ; The wild parks and forest reservations of the West.
    ISBN
    • 9781101907627 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 1101907622 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781841593777 ((UK))
    • 184159377X ((UK))
    LCCN
    2016028378
    OCLC
    952139236
    Other standard number
    • 40028019698
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