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Perhaps the most important of the founders of the modern conservation movement and an immense influence on animal-rights philosophies, John Muir was a champion of the preservation of unspoiled wilderness. His studies and surveys of Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the late 19th century--and his love of their untamed beauty--led directly to federal protection of vast ranges of virgin Western lands.
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A legend of the American West and the careful guardianship of the environment--as well as the freedom the natural world represents--Muir's writings are must reading for anyone who appreciates the wild splendor of our planet.
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- PublisherNorman Berg Pub., Dunwoody, Georgia
- ISBN 10 0910220190
- ISBN 13 9780910220194
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages390
- IllustratorDrawings
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