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.John Muir is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation and his vision,passion and integrity continue to inspire readers today - particularly in this,his best-loved book.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781782114437Number of pages: 224Weight: 168 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mmEdition: Main - Canons edition
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Muir's prose is a miracle of immediacy. His books are illuminated by sunshine and starlight. The cold mineral air of the mountains and the resiny reek of coniferous forests lift bracingly off his pages. No other writer is so ceaselessly astonished by the natural world as Muir,or communicates that astonishment more urgently. Muir lived "in an infinite storm of beauty",and his readers live in it with himAn 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 proseBrilliant description is the currency of My First Summer in the Sierra...Religious awe and powerful terrestrial awareness mark (Muir's) prose in what is essentially a song to nature's marvels and to our humanness of beingThe richness of Muir's writing roots deeper into the terrain than any other wilderness writer known to meMuir was a geologist,an explorer,philosopher,artist,author,and editor,and to each of his avocations he devoted that deep insight and conscientious devotion which made him its masterThe great mountain man...(John Muir) remains a towering presence in American cultural life,and is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservationAs more and more of us grow aghast at what we have done to the world we started with,Muir's reverence and devotion will seem keenly germane,and our regret may be transmuted into a fight for the future
John Muir
Visit the John Muir author pageRobert Macfarlane
A British author and academic,Robert Macfarlane is an author of prize-winning books on the themes of memory,landscape,nature,environmentalism and travel and regularly writes for publications including the Guardian and the Times. His first book,Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. His other works include,The Old Ways,Landmarks and The Lost Words,a children's book of nature spells created in partnership with artist Jackie Morris.
Robert Macfarlane is Reader in Literature and the Geohumanities in the Faculty of English at Emmanuel College,Cambridge. His forthcoming book about subterranean spaces and deep time,Underland,will be published in 2019.
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