During John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is given major credit for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still ...
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During John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is given major credit for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. Edwin Way Teale has collected here the best of Muir's writing, selected from all of his major works, including MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA and TRAVELS IN ALASKA. THE WILDERNESS WORLD OF JOHN MUIR provides "reading that is often magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).
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Good. No dust jacket. Age wear, stains front cover, top fore-edge but very tight pages. Quite readable. xx, 332 p. illus. 23 cm. Includes Illustrations. "Selections from Muir's writings."
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Henry B. Kane. G PB. Muir lived from 1836 to 1914 and covered most of the American wilderness alone & on foot without a gun, a sleeping bag & with. Only a sackful of stale bread & tea. Yet major credit is ascribed to him for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. On a camping trip he convinced Pres. Teddy Roosevelt of the importance of a national conservation movement. He kept a journal most of his life & gives our generation a picture of the still wild America of a hundred years ago. Gray biinding, gilt lettering. Edge wear.
Muir really knew how to write, and how to do a lot of things outdoors. Some really scarey parts, jumping in glaciers, and getting snowed in on Mt. Shasta. A wonderful read!
