My First Summer in the Sierra
John Muir · 1911
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Description
John Muir kept a journal in the summer of 1869, when he herded sheep into the Sierra Nevada. Published in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierra, it became the book that made him the prophet of American wilderness. He was thirty-one and unknown.
Muir records granite domes, giant sequoias, bears, storms, and flowers with equal joy. He calls the range the Range of Light, and his delight in it fills every page. The shepherd's dull job fades behind his study of glaciers and forests. Few nature books have sent so many readers into the mountains.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Muir |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1911 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 337 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |