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One of John Muir’s best-loved books, this volume largely comprises diary entries he made during his memorable 1867 trek from Louisville, Kentucky, to Florida. Timeless observations of the natural world mingle with a vivid look at the post Civil War South, encounters with colorful or desperate characters, and an archetypal portrait of a young man in search of himself.

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n Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to the Gulf of Mexico, sketching tropical plants along the way. He kept a journal of this thousand-mile walk and near the end of his life, now famous as a conservation warrior and literary celebrity, sent a typescript of it to his publisher. The result is a wonderful portrait of a young man in search of himself and a particularly vivid portrait of the post-war American South. Here is the young Muir talking with freed slaves and former Confederate soldiers, pondering the uses of electricity, exploring Mammoth Cave, sleeping in a Savannah cemetery, delirious with malarial fever in the home of strangers at Cedar Key, traveling to Havana, Cuba, an
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John Muir (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club and a prime mover in the birth of the National Park movement, is the author of such classics as Our National Parks, My First Summer in the Sierra, and Travels in Alaska. Colin Fletcher is the prolific and best-selling author of The Complete Walker and The Man Who Walked Through Time. He lives in Carmel Valley, California.

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  • PublisherSierra Club Books
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0871565919
  • ISBN 13 9780871565914
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages154
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