The Wilderness World of John Muir - Couverture souple

Muir, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618127518 ISBN 13 : 9780618127511

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Muir John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

John Muir's extraordinary vision of America comes to life in these fascinating selections from his personal journals.

 

As a conservationist, John Muir traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is widely recognized for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. In The Wildernesss World of John Muir Edwin Way Teale has selected the best of Muir's writing from all of his major works—including My First Summer in the Sierra and Travels in Alaska—to provide a singular collection that provides to be "magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618127518
• ISBN 13: 9780618127511
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352