John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books

by John Muir

Book Overview

* Muir is perhaps the nation's greatest conservationist * His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West's greatest natural treasures The name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to stand... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089886335X
• ISBN13: 9780898863352
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 1032 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Great reading

Wonderful glimpse into one man's love of nature and lifelong crusade for preservation. Poetic, spiritual, compelling and insightful.

Want a detailed description of a snow-banner? the nut-pine?

Or numerous other natural phenomena? Come browse Muir's collection of books. Yes, browse the 1,030 pages which comprise his writings. This book is excellent for the student of nature because his descriptive writing takes you to the high Sierra, the redwood forests, the 1,000 mile trek through Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. You are there and you want to be THERE! While much of the description was written over 100 years ago, the magnificence of a Sequoia, the humidity of a Florida swamp and the curiosity of a Douglas squirrel is still REAL today. A true travelogue for nature lovers and mountainmen wannabes alike