John Muir: 113 books
Travels in Alaska
Three immersions into Alaskan wilderness and culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
‘To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.’
First published in 1915, Travels in Alaska is the last book that Muir wrote, detailing the adventures and experiences that were arguably most dear to him. Alaska’s picturesque forests, grand mountains,...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Travels in Alaska John Muir, naturalist, author and advocate (1838-1913)
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Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PREFACE -03- PART...
Letters to a Friend
Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr 1866-1879
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
As a student at the University of Wisconsin, John Muir often visited with Dr. Ezra Carr and his family, and the impressionable young man came to regard Mrs. Carr as his spiritual mother. A keen botanist, she shared Muir's passion for nature, and the two formed a lasting bond. After heading west to...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
John Muir (21 April 1838 24 December 1914) was an American naturalist, author, and early preservationist whose letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to save the Yosemite...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.
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The Great Outdoors: The Wilderness of California
My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2019
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. When John Muir moved to San Francisco, he immediately left for a week-long visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. Seeing it for the first time, Muir noted that "He was overwhelmed...
The Wilderness of California (Illustrated Edition)
My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
When John Muir moved to San Francisco, he immediately left for a week-long visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. Seeing it for the first time, Muir noted that "He was overwhelmed by the landscape, scrambling down steep cliff faces to get a closer look at the waterfalls, whooping...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado John Muir, naturalist, author and advocate (1838-1913)
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Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Cruise of the Revenue John Muir, naturalist, author and advocate (1838-1913)
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Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- LETTER FROM...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir, naturalist, author and advocate (1838-1913)
This ebook presents «The Story of My Boyhood and Youth», from John Muir. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents -01- About this...
The Cruise of the Corwin
Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in search of De Long and the Jeannette
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
John Muir agreed in 1881 to sail aboard the Corwin, whose fruitless mission it was to search for the missing scientific research vessel Jeannette, which itself became icebound while exploring the distant and mysterious Wrangell Land in the higher latitudes of the Arctic. This cruise would afford Muir...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This book contains the letters sent to D. Ezra S. Carr between the years 1866-1879. John Muir, naturalist and author, considered Mrs. Carr his 'spiritual mother' as she sympathised with his interest and aims. His letters are open and sensitive and therefore provide a particularly revealing insight...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in...