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The Mountains of California

By John Muir
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By John Muir
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By John Muir
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By John Muir
Introduction by Bill McKibben

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Part of Modern Library Classics

Part of Modern Library Classics

Paperback $15.00

Sep 11, 2001 | ISBN 9780375758195

Ebook $2.99

Jul 21, 2010 | ISBN 9780307758453

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    About The Mountains of California

    When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.

    Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance."

    The Mountains of California     is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago.

    This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition.

    About The Mountains of California

    When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.

    Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance."

    The Mountains of California     is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago.

    This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition.

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    Selected Writings of John Muir
    The Mountains of California
    My First Summer in the Sierra
    The Yosemite
    Travels in Alaska
    See all books by John Muir

    About John Muir

    JOHN MUIR 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… More about John Muir

    About John Muir

    JOHN MUIR 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… More about John Muir

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction | Science & Technology | Travel: USA & Canada

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Sep 11, 2001 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375758195

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction | Science & Technology | Travel: USA & Canada

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Jul 21, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307758453

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    "Mr. Muir is a nature-lover of a fine type, one of the best the country has produced."
    –John Burroughs

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