Steep Trails
Published on 7. January 2025
246 pages
978-1-4236-5374-5 (ISBN)
Description
Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its preservation. Steep Trails collects together his essays and letters written as he traveled through the West, capturing the personal, heartfelt connection he had with the lands he roamed. His work takes the reader through the mountains and valleys of California, over the Cascades and the Wasatch Ranges, through Puget Sound and the forests of Washington and Oregon, and to the breathtaking Grand Canyon of Arizona. Muir's writing intimately connects the reader to the heart of nature; as the world increasingly tries to reconnect with the earth, Steep Trails offers the funny, charming, educational, and exalted wanderings of John Muir over nearly three decades of his life.
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- Intro
- Wild Wool
- A Geologist's Winter Walk
- Summer Days at Mount Shasta
- A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit
- Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories
- The City of the Saints
- A Great Storm in Utah
- Bathing in Salt Lake
- Mormon Lilies
- The San Gabriel Valley
- The San Gabriel Mountains
- Nevada Farms
- Nevada Forests
- Nevada's Timber Belt
- Glacial Phenomena in Nevada
- Nevada's Dead Towns
- Puget Sound
- The Forests of Washington
- People and Towns of Puget Sound
- An Ascent of Mount Rainier
- The Physical and Climatic Characteristics of Oregon
- The Forests of Oregon and Their Inhabitants
- The Rivers of Oregon
- The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
