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A passion for nature : the life of John Muir / Donald Worster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worster, Donald, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muir, John, 1838-1914.
- Muir, John.
- Naturalists--United States--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- United States.
- Conservationists--United States--Biography.
- Conservationists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 535 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Muir's trail
- The Scottish lowlands
- "That glorious Wisconsin wilderness"
- Climbing the ice mountain
- Border crossings
- The long walk
- Paradise found
- The higher peaks
- Coming in from the cold
- The shores of Alaska
- Husbandry
- A call to lead
- The company of green men
- Earthquakes
- The troubled nature of wealth
- "Slight progress heavenward".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-508) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195166828
- 0195166825
- OCLC:
- 191090285
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