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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muir, John, 1838-1914.

Series:

Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)

Everyman's library ; 377

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections (2017)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muir, John, 1838-1914--Childhood and youth.

Muir, John.

Muir, John, 1838-1914.

Conservationists--United States--Biography.

Conservationists.

United States.

Scotland.

Conservationists--Scotland--Biography.

Naturalists--Scotland--Biography.

Naturalists.

Naturalists--United States--Biography.

Natural history--West (U.S.).

Natural history.

Natural history--United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 784 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Summary:

"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.

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 wood ; God's first temples ; The American forests ; The wild parks and forest reservations of the West.

Notes:

"A Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references (page xxi).

ISBN:

9781101907627

1101907622

184159377X

9781841593777

OCLC:

952139236