My First Summer in the Sierra: Large Print Edition

by John Muir

Overview

LARGE PRINT EDITION. My First Summer in the Sierra is the incredible true story of John Muir's iconic time spent working in the California mountain range of the Sierra Nevada's. In this republished edition, read about his experience that shaped so much of environmental stewardship today.

In the summer of 1869, a young John Muir joined a crew of shepherds working in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Spending countless hours working with the group, Muir also worked tirelessly to advocate for the land's protection. His efforts eventually transpired into the founding of Yosemite Valley as a national park, a landmark event in the history of United States environmentalism. A glimpse into Muir's private journals, My First Summer in the Sierra is the remarkable retelling of his time there. Full of humorous anecdotes and insightful prose, John Muir personal narrative will likely inspire you to pack up your belongings and head for the mountains.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781513137001
Publisher:	Mint Editions
Publication date:	11/01/2022
Series:	Mint Editions (Large Print Library)
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Muir (21 April 1838 - 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

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Table of Contents

	Biographical Note	v
	Illustrations	xiii
	Introduction	xv
	A Note on the Text	xxix
	My First Summer in the Sierra	3

What People are Saying About This

Bill McKibben

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

Editorial Reviews

Muir's prose is a miracle of immediacy. His books are illuminated by sunshine and starlight. The cold mineral air of the mountains and the resiny reek of coniferous forests lift bracingly off his pages. No other writer is so ceaselessly astonished by the natural world as Muir, or communicates that astonishment more urgently. Muir lived "in an infinite storm of beauty", and his readers live in it with him

Robert Macfarlane

The great mountain man . . . [John Muir] remains a towering presence in American cultural life, and is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation

Mark Cocker

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

Bill McKibben

As more and more of us grow aghast at what we have done to the world we started with, Muir's reverence and devotion will seem keenly germane, and our regret may be transmuted into a fight for the future

Edward Hoagland

The richness of Muir's writing roots deeper into the terrain than any other wilderness writer known to me

Los Angeles Times

Muir was a geologist, an explorer, philosopher, artist, author, and editor, and to each of his avocations he devoted that deep insight and conscientious devotion which made him its master

New York Times

An inspirational figure for modern environmentalism . . . his enthusiasm and heart-felt love of nature is immensely impressive. Thankfully the wilderness blooms again in Muir's evocative prose

Guardian

As more and more of us grow aghast at what we have done to the world we started with, Muir’s reverence and devotion will seem keenly germane, and our regret may be transmuted into a fight for the future.” —Edward Hoagland

From the Publisher

Narrator Barry Press delivers a fresh reading of an early work by famed naturalist John Muir. First published in 1911, this work is Muir’s journal of his 1869 excursion through California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Muir was ostensibly working for a crew of shepherds, but his true purpose was to observe, chronicle, and draw the region's flora and fauna. Press beautifully captures Muir’s adventurous spirit and love of nature. Though Muir’s poetic prose is of a very different era, Press instills enough humor and playfulness to make the account sound modern. The only drawback of the audio version is missing out on Muir’s drawings. Listeners may want to seek them out elsewhere for an entirely immersive experience. A.T.N. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2018 - AudioFile