The Cruise of the Corwin (The John Muir Library)
 Arctic voyage: After decades of wandering the western half of the country, particularly in the Sierra's of California, and soon to be married, in 1881 John Muir saw a chance for one last hurrah in wilderness exploration. An Arctic expedition was being [... more]
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Letters From Alaska (North Coast Books)
Author: John Muir Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.98043 EAN: 9780299139544 ISBN: 0299139549 Number Of Pages: 148 Publication Date: 1993-10-15 [... more]
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Travels in Alaska (Modern Library Classics)
Amazon.com Review: Take a trip to last century's Alaska through Muir's clean, easy-going, enthusiastic prose. He wrote the way he took pictures, with insight, attention, care and genuine feeling. It's a lovely look into a beautiful land and its [... more]
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The Yosemite (Modern Library Classics)
A must read, however...: I have not had the pleasure of visiting Yosemite, not yet. Muir wrote this book when he was 73 years old and recollects his experiences over may years in the valley. I found the most interesting sections to be descriptions of [... more]
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My First Summer in the Sierra
Amazon.com Review: John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become the famed conservationist whom he liked to call "John o' the Mountains" when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada not long after the end of the [... more]
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John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and ...
Muir should be required reading, period.: I've only read "My First Summer in the Sierra," and attest to Muir's enchanting style and lucidity. He writes as an enthusiast, but gives his stories a plain-spoken clarity that can be enjoyed by all. [... more]
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America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams ...
Are we looking at the same book?: Many of Ansel Adams' exquisite photographs call out for large reproductions, and this book displays them in a decent size format. But what a waste. The reproductions are nearly all flat and murky, with little detail in [... more]
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Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings ...
Author: John Muir Author: Fred D. White Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 508.7 EAN: 9781597140270 ISBN: 1597140279 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2006-04-01 [... more]
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My First Summer in the Sierra (Dover Books on Americana)
Amazon.com Review: John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become the famed conservationist whom he liked to call "John o' the Mountains" when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada not long after the end of the [... more]
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America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams
Are we looking at the same book?: Many of Ansel Adams' exquisite photographs call out for large reproductions, and this book displays them in a decent size format. But what a waste. The reproductions are nearly all flat and murky, with little detail in [... more]
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The Yosemite
A must read, however...: I have not had the pleasure of visiting Yosemite, not yet. Muir wrote this book when he was 73 years old and recollects his experiences over may years in the valley. I found the most interesting sections to be descriptions of [... more]
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The Mountains of California
Muir, from Shasta to San Diego, but mostly in the Sierras.: Some say this is Muir's finest work. As the only other Muir book I've read (at this writing) is Travels in Alaska, I cannot comment on this, other than to say that I enjoyed this book a great [... more]
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