Selected Writings

John Muir, Terry Tempest Williams, Christina Usher

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Everyman's Library
15 April 2017

Literary essays; The Earth: natural history general

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

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 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 also included here--helped galvanize American naturalists, leading to the founding of the Sierra Club and several national parks. In these pages, written with meticulous thoroughness and an impassioned lyricism, we witness Muir's awakening to the incredible beauty of our planet, and the honing of an eye turned as acutely toward the scientific as the spiritual.

By: John Muir
Introduction by: Terry Tempest Williams
Edited by: Christina Usher
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 832g
ISBN: 9781841593777
ISBN 10: 184159377X
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 696
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"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 has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he co-founded, is a prominent American conservation organization."

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Selected Writings

John Muir, Terry Tempest Williams, Christina Usher

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