Travels in Alaska

Informationen zum Autor John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. He was instrumental in the creation and passage of the National Parks Act, and founder of the Sierra Club, acting as its president until his death. Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence."  Klappentext John Muir first saw Alaska in 1879, only twelve years after it was purchased from Russia by the United States. Four more times, in 1880, 1881, 1890, and 1899, he was drawn back to this land of rivers and glaciers, sunsets and northern lights, campfires and Arctic stars. Few people have lived so many adventures, yet Muir was not a mere collector of adventure; the hazards he encountered - and many were spine-tingling - came as a result of his intense desire to examine new aspects of the natural world.

Product details

• Authors: John Muir
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1998
• EAN: 9780395901489
• ISBN: 978-0-395-90148-9
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, TRAVEL: United States / South / General, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / General, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geography, TRAVEL: United States / Northeast / General