My First Summer in the Sierra (Illustrated facsimile edition) - Softcover

Muir, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143443043X ISBN 13: 9781434430434

Publisher: John Muir Reprint Series, 2011

Synopsis

Naturalist John Muir recounts his first summer in the Sierra area of California, documenting his discoveries. Includes illustrations from drawings he made in 1869.

About this title

Book Description

A celebration of Sierra from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane

About the Author

John Muir (1838-1914) was born and raised in Dunbar, East Lothian. When his family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1849, young John was bought up to hard labour on his father's homestead. A natural inventor, he first discovered the joys of walking, and writing, after an industrial accident nearly blinded him. His journals, articles and lectures helped to develop international awareness of the need to preserve and protect the environment, and led to the foundation of the General Grant, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks in the US, as well as important conservation areas in his native East Lothian. John Muir has been honoured ever since as the father of the modern environment movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Muir Reprint Series
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 143443043X
• ISBN 13: 9781434430434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358