John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books, Hardcover

Reducere. * Muir is perhaps the nation's greatest conservationist * His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West's greatest natural treasu...

The name of John Muir has come to stand for the protection of wild land and wilderness in America and Britain. Combining observation with a sense o...

Reducere. A collection of some of John Muir's most memorable and inspirational words reminds us of a shared responsibility and inescapable bond--that all inh...

Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their ...

John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity ...

Reducere. JOHN MUIR'S exuberance for nature was the touchstone for his commitment to the earth and all its creatures. As naturalist, writer, and activist, Mu...

Reducere. The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that it is neither, and ye...

Reducere. When he came to California and finally settled in San Francisco, John Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about...

DescriptionThe Mountains of California is John Muir's tribute to the beauties of the Sierra, in the book form. When he came to California and final...

The fascinating biography of the Scots-born man regarded as the `father of America's national parks'.Publisher: Lion Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Mary Colw...

Reducere. 'When a man plants a tree, he plants himself. Every root is an anchor, over which he rests with grateful interest, and becomes sufficiently calm to...

Reducere. Description'To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.'First published in 1915, Travels in Alaska is...

Reducere. Description'Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away ... God has cared for these trees ... but he cannot save them from fools - only Uncle ...

Reducere. John Muir: passionate, eccentric, inventive, tenacious. All these words together add up to the story of one of America's most beloved conservationi...

Reducere. In the classic nature work, The Yosemite, the great American naturalist, John Muir, describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the myriad types ...

Reducere. A new edition of Muir's writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man....

Description"The tendency nowadays to wander in wilderness is delightful to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginni...

Reducere. Across the Shaman's River is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fa...

John Muir's beloved adventure in the Sierra reissued to entertain, encourage, and inspire contemporary naturalists. Considered one of the patron sa...

Reducere. DescriptionA Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is a classic travelogue by John Muir, charting his journeys through Kentucky, Tennessee, the Deep South...

Reducere. My First Summer in the Sierra is the incredible true story of John Muir's iconic time spent working in the California mountain range of the Sierra ...

Reducere. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1, 700 titl...

Reducere. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir."When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond ...

A collection of essays exploring 29 years of beloved naturalist John Muir's life as he explored the West. Considered one of the patron saints of tw...

Reducere. Most Americans familiar with General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the ...

Reducere. DescriptionA Junior Library Guild Selection John Muir led an adventurous life, starting with his wild and playful boyhood in Scotland to his legend...

Following the success of A Dog a Day, Sally Muir returns with a sea of new, but crucially, old, faces. Several years ago Sally Muir began a Faceboo...

The riveting account of the first bloody showdown between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--a battle that sealed the fate of the Confederacy and ...

John Muir's Memoir of How He Became The Wandering NaturalistThis deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1913 The Story Of My Boyh...

Reducere. The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to ...

DescriptionIntroduce your baby to the fascinating adventures of famous naturalist John Muir. John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, aut...

Reducere. The films of John Carpenter cover a tremendous range and yet all bear his clear personal stamp. From the horrifying (Halloween) to the touching (St...

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...