My First Summer In The Sierra: with Illustrations from Drawings made by the Author in 1869 - Couverture souple

Muir, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486437353 ISBN 13 : 9780486437354

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2005

Synopsis

Book by Muir John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long after the Civil War. He was so captivated by what he saw that he decided to devote his life to the glorification and preservation of this magnificent wilderness. My First Summer in the Sierra, whose heart is the diary Muir kept while tending sheep in Yosemite country, enticed thousands of Americans to visit this magical place, and resounds with Muir’s regard for the “divine, enduring, unwasteable wealth” of the natural world. A classic of environmental literature, My First Summer in the Sierra continues to inspire readers to seek out such places for themselves and make them their own.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

June 3, 1869. This morning provisions, camp kettles, blankets, plant-press, etc. Were packed on two horses, the flock headed for the tawny foothills, and away we sauntered in a cloud of dust: Mr. Delaney, bony and tall, with sharply hacked profile like Don Quixote, leading the pack-horses, Billy, the proud Shepherd, a Chi naman and a Digger Indian to assist in driving for the first few days in the brushy foothills, and myself with notebook tied to my belt.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0486437353
• ISBN 13: 9780486437354
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160