My First Summer in the Sierra

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "The richness of Muir's writing roots deeper into the terrain than any other wilderness writer known to me." Los Angeles Times The name John Muir has come to stand for the protection of wild land and wilderness in both America and Britain. Born in Dunbar in 1838, Muir is famed as a pioneer of conservation, and his passion, discipline and vision are still inspirational today. Combining acute observation with a sense of inner discovery, Muir's description of the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains raises an awareness of nature to a spiritual dimension. His journal provides a unique weaving of natural history, lyrical prose and amusing anecdote, retaining a freshness, intensity and honesty which will amaze the modern reader. "As more and more of us grow aghast at what we have done to the world we started with, Muir's reverence and devotion will seem keenly germane, and our regret may be transmuted into a fight for the future." Edward Hoagland The name John Muir has come to stand for the protection of wild land and wilderness in both America and Britain. Born in Dunbar in 1838, Muir is famed as a pioneer of conservation, and his passion, discipline and vision are still inspirational today. Combining acute observation with a sense of inner discovery, Muir´s description of the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park in California´s Sierra Nevada mountains raises an awareness of nature to a spiritual dimension. His journal provides a unique weaving of natural history, lyrical prose and amusing anecdote, retaining a freshness, intensity and honesty which will amaze the modern reader. ...

Product details

• Authors: John Muir
• Assisted by: Robert MacFarlane (Introduction)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.09.2007
• EAN: 9781841957586
• ISBN: 978-1-84195-758-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Prose: non-fiction, Autobiography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, TRAVEL / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Conservation of the environment, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Environmentalist thought and ideology