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A passion for nature the life of John Muir

A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.

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Main Author: Worster, Donald, 1941-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Muir, John, > 1838-1914.
Naturalists > Biography.
Conservationists > Biography.
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Summary:A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.
Physical Description:535 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-508) and index.
ISBN:9780195166828 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
0195166825 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Donald Worster is Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas and the author of many books, including A River Running West (OUP 2000); The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination (OUP 1993); and Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West (OUP 1993),

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