My First Summer in the Sierra (Paperback)
Muir, John (Author)
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In the summer of 1869 John Muir Made his first trip to Yosemite. When a friend offered him the chance to accompany a flock of sheep and a shepherd to the high pastures of the Sierra he could not resist. This is his journal.
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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 ...
ISBN (SKU)
9781782114437
Pages
224
Weight
168g
Dimensions
198x129x13
Imprint
Canongate
Published
09, April, 2014
Genres
Travel
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