My First Summer in the Sierra

John Muir, Mike Davis, Herbert W. Gleason

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English

MODERN LIBRARY
15 November 2003

Series: Modern Library Classics

John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. My First Summer in the Sierra, whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir's regard for the ""divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth"" of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, My First Summer in the Sierra continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.

By: John Muir
Photographs by: Herbert W. Gleason
Introduction by: Mike Davis
Imprint: MODERN LIBRARY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 329g
ISBN: 9780812968651
ISBN 10: 0812968654
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 November 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Davis is the author of City of Quartz, Magical Urbanism, and, most recently, Dead Cities, and co-author of Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See. A MacArthur Fellow, he lives in San Diego.

Reviews for My First Summer in the Sierra

“As more and more of us grow aghast at what we have done to the world we started with, Muir’s reverence and devotion will seem keenly germane, and our regret may be transmuted into a fight for the future.” —Edward Hoagland