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"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, T...

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Main Author: Muir, John, 1838-1914
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, 2017
Series:Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
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Muir, John, > 1838-1914 > Childhood and youth.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > Scotland > Biography.
Naturalists > Scotland > Biography.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Natural history > West (U.S.)
Natural history > United States.
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Summary:"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--helped galvanize American naturalists, and led to the founding of the Sierra Club and several national parks."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"A Borzoi book."
Physical Description:xxi, 784 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page xxi).
ISBN:9781101907627 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1101907622 (hardcover : alk. paper)
184159377X
9781841593777
Author Notes:JOHN MUIR was born in 1838 in Scotland, and immigrated with his family in 1849 to the United States. In 1892, he and his colleague Robert Underwood Johnson founded the Sierra Club, of which Muir was president until his death; he was also influential in establishing four national parks. Controversial during and after his lifetime, his writings on wilderness preservation became the impetus for the modern environmentalist movement. Muir died in 1914 in California.

TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS is the best-selling author of fifteen books, including the environmental classic Refuge and most recently, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks. She has received numerous awards and honors for her commitment to peace and ecological consciousness. She lives in Utah and Wyoming.

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