The Wilderness World of John Muir: A Selection from his Collected Work
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The Wilderness World of John Muir: A Selection from his Collected Work  -     Edited By: Edwin Way Teale
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The Wilderness World of John Muir: A Selection from his Collected Work

Edited By: Edwin Way Teale
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1982 / Paperback

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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 founder of the Sierra Club and its president until his death, as well as the discoverer of Glacier Bay and the largest of Alaska's tidal glaciers, 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 over the back fence." As the world confronts the deterioration of the natural environment and an ever-quickening pace for life, the attraction of Muir's writing has never been greater.

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Title: The Wilderness World of John Muir: A Selection from his Collected Work
By: Edited by Edwin Way Teale
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 332
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1982
Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0618127518
ISBN-13: 9780618127511
Stock No: WW127518

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John Muir's extraordinary vision of America comes to life in these fascinating selections from his personal journals.
As a conservationist, John Muir 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 widely recognized for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest.
Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives a view of the American landscape before it was largely settled by farms and towns. In The Wildernesss World of John Muir, Edwin Way Teale has selected the best of Muir's writing from all of his major works — including My First Summer in the Sierra and Travels in Alaska — to provide a singular collection that provides to be "magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).

Author Bio

Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980) was an environmental writer and photographer best known for his four-book series, The American Seasons.
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."
 

Editorial Reviews

"Reading that is often magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring." Kirkus Reviews

"This admiringly edited volume is especially welcome... Here is a substantial selection including may of his greatest passages." The Nation —

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