My First Summer in the Sierra
The Journal of a Soul on Fire
Published on 16. January 2020
224 pages
978-1-84767-447-0 (ISBN)
Description
In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park. Celebrating the Sierra's lizards and mountain lions, tall trees and waterfalls, fierce thunderstorms and bears, Muir raises an awareness of nature to a spiritual dimension.John Muir is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation and his vision, passion and integrity continue to inspire readers today - particularly in this, his best-loved book.
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Person
John Muir (1838-1914) was born and raised in Dunbar, East Lothian. When his family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1849, young John was bought up to hard labour on his father's homestead. A natural inventor, he first discovered the joys of walking, and writing, after an industrial accident nearly blinded him. His journals, articles and lectures helped to develop international awareness of the need to preserve and protect the environment, and led to the foundation of the General Grant, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks in the US, as well as important conservation areas in his native East Lothian. John Muir has been honoured ever since as the father of the modern environment movement.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Through The Foothills With A Flock Of Sheep
- Chapter Two: In Camp On The North Fork Of The Merced
- Chapter Three: A Bread Famine
- Chapter Four: To The High Mountains
- Chapter Five: The Yosemite
- Chapter Six: Mount Hoffman And Lake Tenaya
- Chapter Seven: A Strange Experience
- Chapter Eight: The Mono Trail
- Chapter Nine: Bloody Canyon And Mono Lake
- Chapter Ten: The Tuolumne Camp
- Chapter Eleven: Back To The Lowlands
- About the Author
- Copyright
