The Wilderness Essays (eBook)

John Muir (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
1966 Seiten
Madison & Adams Press (Verlag)
978-80-273-0451-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This meticulously edited John Muir collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:
Picturesque California
The Mountains of California
Our National Parks
My First Summer in the Sierra
The Yosemite
Travels in Alaska
Stickeen: The Story of a Dog
The Cruise of the Corwin
A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf
Steep Trails
Studies in Sierra
The National Parks and Forest Reservations
Save the Redwoods
Snow-storm on Mount Shasta
Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park
A Rival of the Yosemite
The Treasures of the Yosemite
Yosemite Glaciers
Yosemite in Winter
Yosemite in Spring
Edward Henry Harriman
Edward Taylor Parsons
The Hetch Hetchy Valley
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado

Autor

John Muir (1838-1914) also known as "John of the Mountains" and the "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2019
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Schlagworte: Bill Bryson • Henry David Thoreau • Into the wild • Jack Kerouac • Jack London • john burroughs • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Robert Louis Stevenson • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre • Washington Irving
• ISBN-10: 80-273-0451-2 / 8027304512
• ISBN-13: 978-80-273-0451-6 / 9788027304516