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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 our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. 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).
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; 1st Mariner Books ed edition (August 20, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0618127518
ISBN-13: 978-0618127511
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.1 inches
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I am often asked for a recommendation of what among Muir's writings, or writings about him, one should first read. After spending more than 30 years appreciating both his writings and most of the books about Muir that have been published during that time, and after ten years editing the John Muir Exhibit online, I can only turn to the same book that originally enthalled me with John Muir: The Wilderness World of John Muir, edited by Edwin Way Teale.This book was edited by someone who was himself an able naturalist and nature-writer, and therefore someone who could understand Muir in a way that most academics, whether professors of literature or historians, cannot. Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980), has been ranked as a nature writer with been ranked with Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, as well as John Muir himself. His honors include being elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, receiving the John Burroughs Award in 1943, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. He was the author of 32 books. Teale's sympathy for Muir's message is shown in the book's Dedication page, which is "Dedicated to The Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, The National Parks Association, and all those who are fighting the good fight to preserve what John Muir sought to save."This book serves as both an anthology of the very best of Muir's writings, and also a biography, compellingly provided by Teale.The biographical value of this work is often under-stated, even by the publisher. The book is typically viewed as an anthology, and indeed it is, primarily; but it also contains a wealth of biographical information, far more than the typical anthology.
Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings (Essential) (California Legacy Book) The Wilderness World of John Muir John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books Wilderness Medicine (Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies) John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America) Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple John Muir Trail Topographic Map Guide (National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map) Walk the Sky: Following the John Muir Trail (Companion Press Series) The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks Into the Wilderness: Wilderness Saga, Book 1 Kayaking the Inside Passage: A Paddling Guide from Olympia, Washington to Muir Glacier, Alaska John Deere: Plow, Plant, Grow (John Deere (Parachute Press)) (John Deere (DK Hardcover)) Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon (Big Words) John's Secret Dreams: The John Lennon Story John Deere: Fun Flaps: Tractor (John Deere (DK Hardcover)) Uncle John's Kid-Topia Bathroom Reader for Kids Only! (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only) Exploring Hebrews (John Phillips Commentary Series) (The John Phillips Commentary Series) John: The Gospel of Light and Life (John series) John Leader Guide: The Gospel of Light and Life (John series)
