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The Mountains of California

By John Muir
Introduction by Edward Hoagland
Edited by Edward Hoagland

By John Muir
Introduction by Edward Hoagland
Edited by Edward Hoagland

By John Muir
Introduction by Edward Hoagland
Edited by Edward Hoagland

By John Muir
Introduction by Edward Hoagland
Edited by Edward Hoagland

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Mar 25, 2008 | ISBN 9780143105251

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    About The Mountains of California

    A stirring tribute to one of America’s most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists

    This Penguin Classic-Muir’s first book-puts a pioneering conservationist’s passion for nature in high relief. With a poet’s sensitivity and a naturalist’s eye, Muir celebrates the Sierra Nevada, which he dedicated his life to saving, and recounts his breathtaking visits to Yosemite Valley, Kings Canyon, Sequoia Groves, and Mount Whiskey. The Mountains of California is an affecting celebration of raw nature by one of its most ardent defenders.

    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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    Also by John Muir

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    Selected Writings of John Muir
    My First Summer in the Sierra
    The Yosemite
    Travels in Alaska
    The Mountains of California
    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: Science & Technology | Classic Nonfiction | Travel Writing

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Mar 25, 2008 | 304 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143105251

    Category: Science & Technology | Classic Nonfiction | Travel Writing

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Mar 25, 2008 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101078099

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    –John Burroughs

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