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John Muir's America / photographs by Dewitt Jones ; text by T.H. Watkins.
LIBRA QH31.M9 J66 1976
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Dewitt, photographer.
- Watkins, T. H. (Tom H.), 1936-2000, author.
- Series:
- Images of America series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muir, John, 1838-1914.
- Muir, John.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Distributed by Crown Publishers, [1976]
- Summary:
- A new biography of the founder of the Sierra Club. Contains 20 of his drawings, and 48 photographs.
- Contents:
- The life, 1838-1868. The Scotch are hard to kill
- Among the wheels of time
- Homecoming
- The first dialogue: Martinez
- The life, 1868-1881. A particle of dust in the wind
- A few harsh and gravelly sentences
- "Sunshine, dear Louie, sunshine all the day..."
- The second dialogue: big trees
- The life, 1881-1914. In a cave of shadows
- Any fool can destroy trees
- "Evenin' brings a hame..." The third dialogue: Yosemite.
- Notes:
- Includes photographic notes and index.
- ISBN:
- 0517526387 (hardcover)
- 9780517526385 (hardcover)
- OCLC:
- 1676326
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