My First Summer in the Sierra

My First Summer in the Sierra

My First Summer in the Sierra

My First Summer in the Sierra

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Overview

John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. My First Summer in the Sierra, whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir's regard for the "divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth" of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, My First Summer in the Sierra continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140255706
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/03/1987
Series: Classic, Nature, Penguin
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 213,969
Product dimensions: 5.09(w) x 7.66(h) x 0.74(d)
Lexile: 1420L (what's this?)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. He was instrumental in the creation and passage of the National Parks Act, and founder of the Sierra Club, acting as its president until his death. Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence." 

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Table of Contents

Biographical Notev
Illustrationsxiii
Introductionxv
A Note on the Textxxix
My First Summer in the Sierra3

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Bill McKibben

When we consider John Muir, we consider one of the small handful of Americans who truly changed the world.

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