TRAVELS IN ALASKA JOHN MUIR.includes the trip of 1879.; trip of 1880, trip of 1890 TRAVELS IN ALASKA JOHN MUIR.includes the trip of 1879.; trip of 1880, trip of 1890

MUIR, JOHN.;.HAINES, JOHN INTRO

ISBN 10: 0871567830 / ISBN 13: 9780871567833

Published by Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1988

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VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid copy,BRIGHT; BLACK SPINE & COVER TITLES ON GREEN GLOSSY PAPER COVERS. COVER B&W ART SHOWING TOTUM POLES, BLACK LAKE. INCLUDES ADVENTURES WITH STICKEEN.; 274ps pages; Many of Muir's greatest Passages. famed naturalist, based his book "Travels in Alaska" on several journeys he made there between 1879 and 1890. Muir's writing makes the awesome beauty of the Alaskan wilderness .PUGET SOUND; WRANGELL ISLAND; STICKEEN RIVER; GLACIER BAY; MUIR GLACIER; AURORAS.come alive with vivid depictions of the glaciers that exist there. "Travels in Alaska" is a must read for all nature lovers.; 5x8".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TRAVELS IN ALASKA JOHN MUIR.includes the trip of 1879.; trip of 1880, trip of 1890 TRAVELS IN ALASKA JOHN MUIR.includes the trip of 1879.; trip of 1880, trip of 1890
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871567830
• ISBN 13: 9780871567833
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by MCCURDY, JOHN art ilust
• Edition: PAPERBACK; 10987pt line.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This classic account of John Muir's adventures and discoveries during three visits to Alaska in 1879, 1880, and 1890 is now available in a handsomely designed edition as part of the John Muir Library Series. This book, which Muir was working on at the time of his death, vividly recreates his explorations (including the discovery of Alaska's largest tidal glacier, now named in his honor), his sojourn among Indian tribes, and his unbounded awe of, and delight in, the untamed Alaskan wilderness.
Venturing on foot, by canoe and dogsled, Muir was equally excited by his first view of an unfamiliar species of flower, bird, or tree, or the "supreme, serene, supernatural beauty" of Alaskan auroras. Here also are his harrowing accounts of near death between grinding walls of glacial ice and of rescuing a companion from a thousand-foot precipice.

About the Author

John Muir (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club, is a major figure in American history - the man who did more than any other person to shape the twentieth-century conservation movement. American poet John Haines, a former Fairbanks resident, now lives in Ohio.