The Wildernes World of John Muir

John; With an Introduction and Interpretive Comments by Teale, Edwin Way; Illustrated by Kane, Henry B. Muir

ISBN 10: 0395240832 / ISBN 13: 9780395240830

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954

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Used. Good condition. Soft cover. 1954. Binding is tight and pages are clean. Some shelf wear normal with age. Professional book dealer with storefront since 2001. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with care. Ships in 1-2 business days.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wildernes World of John Muir
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395240832
• ISBN 13: 9780395240830
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Henry B. Kane
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

John Muir lived from 1838 to 1914. During that time he covered most of the American wilderness alone and on foot without a gun, without a sleeping bag, with only a sackful of stale bread and tea. Major credit is ascribed to him for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. In 1903 he convinced President Theodore Roosevelt, while on a three-day camping trip together, of the importance of a national conservation program. He had been president of the militia Sierra Club since its formation in 1892. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of America only 100 years ago, still wild and unsettled. Edwin Way Teale has preserved the best of Muir's work in selections that show both the ago and the man.

About the Author

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."