The Mountains of California
John Muir
gen. del 1911 · Century Company
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Inspired by his love for the mountains and forests-especially the high peaks and towering Sequoias that loomed almost out of reach, naturalist John Muir settled in California in 1868 to study the region's flora and fauna. The Mountains of California, a record of his time in the Sierras, has become an American classic. Written with a scientist's keen and accurate eye and a naturalist's poetic appreciation of nature, it brings together Muir's writings on geological history and accounts of his mountaineering adventures, along with his observations of California's plant and animal life. His verbal and pictorial depictions of the landscape he fought so fiercely to save can be appreciated both as an account as a life in the mountains and as a call for the preservation of America's forests and the establishment of national parks and reservations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Inspired by his love for the mountains and forests-especially the high peaks and towering Sequoias that loomed almost out of reach, naturalist John Muir settled in California in 1868 to study the region's flora and fauna. The Mountains of California, a record of his time in the Sierras, has becom...
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The naturalist John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and lived on a Wisconsin farm, where he had to work hard for long hours. He would rise as early as one o'clock in the morning in order to have time to study. At the urging of friends, he took some inventions he had made to a fair in Madison, Wisconsin. This trip resulted in his attending the University of Wisconsin. After four years in school, he began the travels that eventually took him around the world. Muir's inventing career came to an abrupt end in 1867, when he lost an eye in an accident while working on one of his mechanical inventions. Thereafter, he focused his attention on natural history, exploring the American West, especially the Yosemite region of California. Muir traveled primarily on foot carrying only a minimum amount of food and a bedroll. In 1880 Muir married Louie Strentzel, the daughter of an Austrian who began the fruit and wine industry in California. One of the first explorers to postulate the role of glaciers in forming the Yosemite Valley, Muir also discovered a glacier in Alaska that later was named for him. His lively descriptions of many of the natural areas of the United States contributed to the founding of Yosemite National Park in 1890. His urge to preserve these areas for posterity led to his founding of the Sierra Club in 1892.
The naturalist John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and lived on a Wisconsin farm, where he had to work hard for long hours. He would rise as early as one o'clock in the morning in order to have time to study. At the urgin...
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