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Publisher: Canongate

Author: John Muir

ISBN: 9781782114437

Year: 2014

Format: Paperback

Nature, Memoir

My First Summer in the Sierra by
John Muir

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$ 530.00 mxn

My First Summer in the Sierra by

John Muir

Reviews

"An inspirational figure for modern environmentalism… his enthusiasm and heart-felt love of nature is immensely impressive. Thankfully the wilderness blooms again in Muir’s evocative prose."

The Guardian

Summary

A celebration of Sierra from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane.

In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California’s Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park.

Celebrating the Sierra’s lizards and mountain lions, tall trees and waterfalls, fierce thunderstorms and bears, Muir raises an awareness of nature to a spiritual dimension.

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