Our National Parks: A campaign for the preservation of wilderness

'Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away ... God has cared for these trees ... but he cannot save them from fools – only Uncle Sam can do that.'

First published in 1901, Our National Parks is possibly the bestselling book of Muir's wilderness-discovery titles and was certainly the most influential published in his lifetime, with a strong focus on the preservation of forest reserves.

With a strong political tone and shrewd, subtle manoeuvring, Muir uses Our National Parks to persuade ...