Travels in Alaska
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- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2002
Summary
In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in Travels in Alaska, a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914.
As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, “A century and a quarter later, we ar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760495 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760490 |
| Author: | John Muir, Edward Hoagland |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“Probably no other man in this country has his enthusiasm for mountains and glaciers … united with so rare a literary gift.”-John Burroughs
“Probably no other man in this country has his enthusiasm for mountains and glaciers … united with so rare a literary gift.”—John Burroughs
About The Author
John Muir
Edward Hoagland is the author of Notes from the Century Before (a Modern Library paperback) and nearly twenty other books on nature and exploration. He lives in Bennington, Vermont.
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