The Wilderness World of John Muir

Muir, John,Teale, Edwin Way

ISBN 10: 0618127518 / ISBN 13: 9780618127511

Published by Mariner Books, 2001

Seller Inventory # mon0000449020

Synopsis:

John Muir's extraordinary vision of America comes to life in these fascinating selections from his personal journals.

 

As a conservationist, John Muir traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is widely recognized for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. In The Wildernesss World of John Muir Edwin Way Teale has selected the best of Muir's writing from all of his major works—including My First Summer in the Sierra and Travels in Alaska—to provide a singular collection that provides to be "magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).

About the Authors: John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. He was instrumental in the creation and passage of the National Parks Act, and founder of the Sierra Club, acting as its president until his death. Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence.

Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980) was an environmental writer and photographer best known for his four-book series, The American Seasons.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wilderness World of John Muir
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good