My First Summer In The Sierra

In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park. Celebrating the Sierra's lizards and mountain lions, tall trees and waterfalls, fierce thunderstorms and bears, Muir raises an awareness of nature to a spiritual dimension. John Muir is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation and his vision, passion and integrity continue to inspire readers today - particularly in this, his best-loved book.

About the author

John Muir (1838-1914) was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author and environmentalist. Born and raised in Dunbar, East Lothian, his family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1849. His books, journals, articles and lectures helped to develop international awareness of the need to preserve and protect the environment, and led to the foundation of the General Grant, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks in the US. John Muir has been honoured ever since as the father of the modern environment movement.

Summary

A celebration of Sierra from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane

Report

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

Product details

• Authors: John Muir, Muir John
• Assisted by: Robert Macfarlane (Introduction), Macfarlane Robert (Introduction)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9781782114437
• ISBN: 978-1-78211-443-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: The Canons; Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > North and Central America; Prose: non-fiction, Autobiography: general, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Conservation of the environment