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John Muir's Memoir of How He Became The Wandering Naturalist

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1913 The Story Of My Boyhood And Youth is Muir's memoir of his earliest years and the influences that led him to study natural... Read Full Overview

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. "

― John Muir

- Includes the Original Illustrations

John Muir's Memoir of How He Became The Wandering Naturalist

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1913 The Story Of My Boyhood And Youth is Muir's memoir of his earliest years and the influences that led him to study natural... Read Full Overview

A memoir of childhood and a celebration of the natural world, from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir."When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately... Read Full Overview

John Muir, the renowned naturalist and environmentalist, wrote a personal memoir called "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth". In this thrilling story, Muir takes readers on a journey through his formative years, portraying his upbringing in Scotland and his later adventures... Read Full Overview

Illustrated edition of The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by the famous author and founder of Sierra Club, John Muir. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged... Read Full Overview

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir. "When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately... Read Full Overview

Born in Scotland where learning was beaten into him and Saturdays spent in the wildness of the moors were his greatest delight, John Muir emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 11. Upon arrival in Wisconsin, he and his brother worked hard with their father... Read Full Overview

John Muir ( April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains", was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books... Read Full Overview

The Story of my Boyhood and Youth is the affecting memoir of the now internationally renowned John Muir, a Scottish-American boy subject to a most unusual upbringing, his transition into adulthood, and the path that led him to petition for the concept... Read Full Overview

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a autobiography of the the great American naturalist, John Muir and this nature classic includes this passage: "When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir. "When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately... Read Full Overview