Wilderness Essays
Picturesque California
The Mountains of California
Our National Parks
My First Summer in the Sierra
The Yosemite
Travels in Alaska
Stickeen: The Story of a Dog
The Cruise of the Corwin
A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf
Steep Trails
Studies in Sierra
The National Parks and Forest Reservations
Save the Redwoods
Snow-storm on Mount Shasta
Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park
A Rival of the Yosemite
The Treasures of the Yosemite
Yosemite Glaciers
Yosemite in Winter
Yosemite in Spring
Edward Henry Harriman
Edward Taylor Parsons
The Hetch Hetchy Valley
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
Reviews (95)
Inspiring
I really didn’t know what to expect when picking this up, I just thought it would be interesting to read more from the legend John Muir. This is not an adventure novel, or even really that exciting of a read. But, it is a great journal of the beauty of nature and written by someone who really knows how to write about what he sees. Even just reading 2 of the essays so far, it gets me excited to get outside and experience more of what he saw that caused him to sit and write about it!
Like the outdoors? Then buy this book now.
Some of the most striking and eloquent descriptions of nature's beauty ever recorded with quite a bit of scientific observation thrown in as an added bonus. Anyone who loves the outdoors will love this book.
Great collection of John Muir essays.
I love John Muir and his writings and found this book to be a great read. John Muir was a great explorer and a wonderful documentarian of the outdoors and the places that he explored. This book is a nice compilation of essays from several different trips and times in his life - Alaska all the way to Yosemite.
12 year old loves...
My quiet 12 year old requested and loved this book!
Great for any nature lover
Lots of fun to read early impressions of some of America's most beautiful visages. I found I ended up breaking the book into two major sections and reading something else in between. The essays can have a slightly redundant feel, so breaking it up made it better for me. The writing is excellent and the words really express the emotions one feels out in the wilderness. Certainly worth the time!
Wonderful adventure
A wonderful treatise about the great outdoors...John Muir describes his adventures in a way that helps the reader Visulize the story at hand and takes you along just for fun!
Inspirational reading for all who love nature
I love nature, and only John Muir can take me to mountains, and meadows, touch wild life and its all so real and unpretentious. Reading these essays is a refreshing experiance, its like gazing at a nature scene only better because words can be more detailed. And what make the essays even better is the abundance of good he did for all humanity by being one of the main instruments to help preserve earths natureal beauty.
John Muir
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Great book
Purchased to get myself ready for my first trip to Yosemite, looking forward to the read!
Beautiful book!
This is the perfect gift for people who love John Muir or just enjoy being outside. Muir's story is inspirational. The artwork on the book makes it a great coffee table book too.
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