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Essential Muir (Revised) de John Muir

Essential Muir (Revised)

Autor John Muir Editat de Fred White
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 oct 2021
  • The previous edition of Essential Muir has sold over 34,000 copies and has been reprinted 15 times
    • This new edition collects an additional seven excerpts of Muir's work
    • With a new contextualizing foreword by Jolie Varela (Tule River Yokut and Paiute) and a revised introduction by Fred D. White, this is the only Muir collection that confronts his racism and flaws as well as presenting his environmental legacy
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    Specificații

    ISBN-13: 9781597145503
    ISBN-10: 1597145505
    Pagini: 192
    Dimensiuni: 139 x 215 x 15 mm
    Greutate: 0.26 kg
    Editura: HEYDAY BOOKS

    Notă biografică

    John Muir (1838¿1914) was a naturalist, author, and advocate for wilderness preservation. A prolific writer, his many books, essays, and letters abound with wit, humor, and an exuberant love of the natural world.

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    Contents

    Foreword
    Introduction

    Part One: The Visionary Inventor
  • ¿Knowledge and Inventions,¿ from The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
    • ¿The World and the University,¿ from The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

      Part Two: The Wandering Minstrel
    • ¿Kentucky Forests and Caves and Through the Cumberland Mountains¿ from A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
    • ¿The River Country of Georgia, Through Florida's Swamps and Forests, and across Florida to Cedar Keys,¿ from A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

      Part Three: The Nature Scribe and Rhapsode
    • ¿In Camp on the North Fork of the Merced¿ from My First Summer in the Sierra
    • ¿The Mono Indians of Bloody Canon¿ from My First Summer in the Sierra
    • ¿A Near View of the High Sierra,¿ from The Mountains of California
    • ¿A Windstorm in the Forest,¿ from The Mountains of California
    • ¿A Yosemite Earthquake¿ from The Yosemite
    • ¿Yosemite Falls at Midnight,¿ from The Life and Letters of John Muir
    • ¿Nut Time in Squirrelville,¿ from The Life and Letters of John Muir
    • ¿Yosemite Glaciers,¿ New York Tribune, Dec. 5, 1871
    • ¿Indian Tribes in the Yosemite Valley¿ from The Yosemite

      Part Four: The Global Adventurer
    • ¿Eskimos and Walrus,¿ from The Cruise of the Corwin
    • ¿Stickeen vs. the Glacier,¿ from Stickeen
    • ¿Voyage to East Africa,¿ from John Muir¿s Last Journey

      Part Five: The Planet Steward
    • ¿God¿s First Temples: How Shall We Preserve Our Forests?¿ Sacramento Daily Union, Feb. 5, 1876
    • ¿The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West,¿ Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1897
    • ¿Thoughts upon National Parks¿ (ca. 1895), from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

      Sources
      Major Works of John Muir
      About the Editor
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