Selected Writings
$55.22
- Hardcover
696 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2017
Summary
A new volume collecting the seminal writings of America’s first naturalist and the founder of the modern conservation movement.
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 Ala…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184159377X |
| Author: | John Muir, Terry Tempest Williams |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 696 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 832g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 135mm x 42mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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John Muir
John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914), also known as “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks”, was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. He co-founded the Sierra Club, a prominent American conservation organization.
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