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  • John Muir: My Life with Nature

    A biography of the man known as father of America's national parks and an influential conservationist, told in the first person, using Muir's own words.
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 1584690097
    • ASIN: 1584690097
    • ISBN: 9781584690092
    • Manufacturer: Dawn Publications (CA)

  • A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

    "I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. My own special self is nothing."In Donald Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. A Passion for Nature is the most complete account of the great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club ever written. It is the first to be based on Muir's full private correspondence and to meet modern scholarly standards. Yet it is also full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the... [Read More]
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 0199782245
    • ASIN: 0199782245
    • ISBN: 0199782245
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings (California Legacy Book)

    Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California's best-known icon—so much so that his image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second volume in the California Legacy Essentials Collection. Taking the best of John Muir's writings on nature—in which he waxes ecstatic even as he accurately describes the scientific attributes of a flower—as well as his thoughts on religion and society, this book presents a fresh look at one of California's greatest literary figures. His love for nature was so powerful—and his description of it so compelling—it still inspires us a century later.... [Read More]
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 1597140279
    • ASIN: 1597140279
    • ISBN: 1597140279
    • Brand: Muir, John/ White, Fred D. (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: Heyday

  • 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)

    In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness who founded the Sierra Club in 1892, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of the American West. The Library of America's Nature Writings collects his most significant and best-loved works in a single volume, including: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913), My First Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Mountains of California (1894) and Stickeen (1909). Rounding out the volume is a rich selection of essays—including "Yosemite Glacier... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1883011248
    • ASIN: 1883011248
    • ISBN: 1883011248
    • Brand: Library of America
    • Manufacturer: Library of America

  • John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books

    * Muir is perhaps the nation's greatest conservationist* His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West's greatest natural treasuresThe name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to stand for the protection of wilderness both in the United States and abroad. This is a collection of his eight most influential works in a single volume. The collection represents the lifelong relationship between the landscape and an inspirational architect of the conservation movement. Arranged in the order of Muir's life are: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Our National Parks, The Yosemite, Travels in Alaska, and Steep Trails.
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 089886335X
    • ASIN: 089886335X
    • ISBN: 089886335X
    • Brand: Brand: The Mountaineers Books
    • Manufacturer: The Mountaineers Books

  • John Muir in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations

    Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal. (John Muir)The best of John Muir: 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time: nature writer, social critic, realist, a romantic, a visionary. If asked for a succinct statement of his beliefs, Muir might have replied:In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 0944220029
    • ASIN: 0944220029
    • ISBN: 0944220029
    • Manufacturer: Great West Books

  • Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir

    All who have admired John Muir's ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, or who desire a greater appreciation of the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. Following Muir from his ancestral home in Scotland, through his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, to his historic pilgrimage to California, Linnie Marsh Wolfe creates a full and rounded portrait of her subject--not only as America's firebrand conservationist and founder of the national park system but as a committed husband, father, and friend. Muir was a multifaceted character, shaped as much by his stern and liberty-loving Scottish heritage as by his love of all things wild and free. His battles against the encroachment of civilization wer... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 1470820889
    • ASIN: 1470820889
    • ISBN: 1470820889
    • Manufacturer: Blackstone Audio Inc

  • Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog

    Relates the naturalist's experiences with the courageous, adventurous dog who helped him battle a storm on Alaska's Taylor Glacier
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 1883220785
    • ASIN: 1883220785
    • ISBN: 1883220785
    • Manufacturer: Dawn Pubns

  • The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

    The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism.NATIONAL BEST SELLEROne of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The James Wright Award for Nature Writing, the Costa Biography Award, the Royal Geographic Society's Ness Award, the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing AwardFinalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, the Kirkus Prize Prize for Nonfiction, the Independent Bookshop Week Book AwardA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, Nature, Jezebel, Kirkus ... [Read More]
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    • ASIN: 0345806298
    • ASIN: 0345806298
    • ISBN: 0345806298
    • Brand: Wulf Andrea
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Wilderness Essays

    Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here collected are some of Muir's finest wilderness essays, ranging in subject matter from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the High Sierra. This book is part of a series that celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists―writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. These books map the intimate connections between the human and the natural world. Literary naturalists transcend political boundaries, social concerns, and historica... [Read More]
    Best John Muir Biography

    • ASIN: 1423607120
    • ASIN: 1423607120
    • ISBN: 1423607120
    • Brand: Gibbs Smith
    • Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith

  • John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books

    * Muir is perhaps the nation's greatest conservationist * His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West's greatest natural treasures The name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to stand for the protection of wilderness both in the United States and abroad. This is a collection of his eight most influential works in a single volume. The collection represents the lifelong relationship between the landscape and an inspirational architect of the conservation movement. Arranged in the order of Muir's life are: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First
    Best John Muir Biography
    * Muir is perhaps the nation's greatest conservationist * His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West's greatest natural treasures The name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to stand for the protection of wilderness both in the United States and abroad. This is a collection of his eight most influential works in a single volume. The collection represents the lifelong relationship between the landscape and an inspirational architect of the conservation movement. Arranged in the order of Muir's life are: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, My

    • UPC: 25657380

  • The Wild Muir : Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures

    Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir's most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent weathering a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman's exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying, and
    Best John Muir Biography
    Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir's most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent weathering a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman's exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying, and

    • UPC: 23463191
    • Rating: 3.0

  • A Passion for Nature : The Life of John Muir

    In Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. Based on Muir's full private correspondence, it is full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man.Oxford University
    Best John Muir Biography
    "I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. My own special self is nothing." In Donald Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. A Passion for Nature is the most complete account of the great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club

    • UPC: 10163030
    • Rating: 3.5

  • Essential Muir : A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings

    Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California's best-known icon--so much so that his image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second volume in the California Legacy Essentials Collection. Taking the best of John Muir's writings on nature--in which he waxes ecstatic even as he accurately describes the scientific attributes of a flower--as well as his thoughts on religion and society, this
    Best John Muir Biography
    Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California's best-known icon--so much so that his image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second volume in the California Legacy Essentials Collection. Taking the best of John Muir's writings on nature--in which he waxes ecstatic even as he accurately describes the scientific attributes of a flower--as well as his thoughts on religion and society, this

    • UPC: 4662445
    • Rating: 4.0

  • John Muir : My Life with Nature

    A biography of the man known as "father of America's national parks" and an influential conservationist, told in the first person, using Muir's own
    Best John Muir Biography
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    • UPC: 25646630

  • Biography of John Muir (2 of 2)

    Short bio produced by the National Parks Service, starring Lee Stetson as Muir.
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    Biography of John Muir (part 1 of 2)

    Produced by the National Parks Service, starring Lee Stetson as Muir.
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    John Muir - Father of National Parks

    John Muir is one of the key founders of the modern environmental movement and is widely considered to be the "Father of National Parks." Learn about the dramatic events of his life that drew him t...
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