My First Summer in the Sierra
Published on 19. April 2019
198 pages
978-1-943536-84-9 (ISBN)
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Recovering from a factory accident that nearly claimed his eyesight, a young John Muir ventured into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The flowers, wildlife, and rock formations he saw during the summer of 1869 changed how he would look at nature forever. Recollected at the end of his life from early journals and sketches, this ecstatic personal narrative gives insight into the forward-looking nature lover who would become known as the father of the nation's parks system. To read this book is to become Muir's hiking partner, sharing in "a glorious botanical and geological excursion" that would blaze the trail for the modern-day environmental movement.
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John Muir (1838-1914) immigrated to the United States from Scotland as a boy, eventually becoming known as the "Father of the National Parks." A naturalist, explorer, author, and preservationist, Muir co-founded the Sierra Club, one of the world's first environmental organizations, and advocated for the establishment of Yosemite National Park.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- My First Summer in the Sierra
- Through the Foothills with a Flock of Sheep
- In Camp on the North Fork of the Merced
- A Bread Famine
- To the High Mountains
- The Yosemite
- Mount Hoffman and Lake Tenaya
- A Strange Experience
- The Mono Trail
- Bloody Cañon and Mono Lake
- The Tuolumne Camp
- Back to the Lowlands
