{"product_id":"selected-writings-of-john-muir-introduction-by-terry-tempest-williams-hardcover","title":"Selected Writings of John Muir: Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Muir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTerry Tempest Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of the seminal writings of America's first naturalist and the founder of the modern conservation movement.\u003cbr\u003eAN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY ORIGINAL.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume of John Muir's selected writings chronicles the key turning points in his life and study of the American wilderness. \u003ci\u003eThe Story of My Boyhood and Youth\u003c\/i\u003e is Muir's account of his childhood on a Wisconsin farm, where his interest in nature was first piqued; in \u003ci\u003eThe Mountains of California\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Yosemite\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTravels in Alaska\u003c\/i\u003e, we follow him on long journeys into stunning mountain ranges and valleys, where he records native flora and fauna and finds proof of his theories of the effect of glaciers on landscape formation. These four full-length works--along with a selection of important essays--helped galvanize American naturalists, and led to the founding of the Sierra Club and several national parks. In these pages, written with meticulous thoroughness and an impassioned lyricism, we witness Muir's awakening to the incredible beauty of our planet, and the honing of an eye turned as acutely toward the scientific as the spiritual.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN MUIR\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1838 in Scotland, and immigrated with his family in 1849 to the United States. In 1892, he and his colleague Robert Underwood Johnson founded the Sierra Club, of which Muir was president until his death; he was also influential in establishing four national parks. Controversial during and after his lifetime, his writings on wilderness preservation became the impetus for the modern environmentalist movement. Muir died in 1914 in California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS\u003c\/b\u003e is the best-selling author of fifteen books, including the environmental classic \u003ci\u003eRefuge\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has received numerous awards and honors for her commitment to peace and ecological consciousness. She lives in Utah and Wyoming.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 824\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772758786336,"sku":"9781101907627","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9bfec9219c20572f1d78e64ddd67419c.webp?v=1780413443","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-writings-of-john-muir-introduction-by-terry-tempest-williams-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}