Biographer Steven J. Holmes once wrote that John Muir was one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity. In his lifetime, the engineer, author, biologist, and activist worked alongside powerful men such as President Theodore Roosevelt, railroad executive E.H. Harriman, and conservationist Gifford Pinchot. Muir was responsible for the creation of the Sierra Club and he played an important role in preserving the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. During his lifetime, Muir published six ...
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Biographer Steven J. Holmes once wrote that John Muir was one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity. In his lifetime, the engineer, author, biologist, and activist worked alongside powerful men such as President Theodore Roosevelt, railroad executive E.H. Harriman, and conservationist Gifford Pinchot. Muir was responsible for the creation of the Sierra Club and he played an important role in preserving the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. During his lifetime, Muir published six different volumes of nature and personal writing. After his death in 1914, four more volumes were discovered and released. In An Autobiography of John Muir, editor Stephen Brennan brings to light the many accomplishments of Muir's life through the naturalist's own nonfiction works, including The Story of My Boyhood and Youth and My First Summer in the Sierra. Through the essays featured in this book, readers will learn of Muir's childhood, which was split between Scotland and a farm in Wisconsin. They will travel the world with him, from the High Mountains to the Mono Trail, the Bloody Canyon, Yosemite, and everywhere in between.--
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NF in NF jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Hardback bound in white boards with gray spine with gilt title on the spine. No flaws on the book or the dust jacket (now protected in archival jacket cover). The patron saint of environmental activity; his views in his own words edited by Stephen Brennan. A few black and white photos. 264 pages.
