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John Muir

The Story of My Boyhood and YouthJohn Muir The Story of My Boyhood and Youth I A BOYHOOD IN SCOTLAND Earliest Recollections—The "Dandy Doctor" Terror—Deeds of Daring—The Savagery of Boys—School and Fighting—Birds'-nesting. When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and a...

StickeenJohn Muir Stickeen TOHELEN MUIRLover of wildnessthis icy storm-storyis affectionatelydedicatedTO MY DOG BLANCOBY J.G. HOLLAND My dear dumb friend, low lying there,A willing vassal at my feet;Glad partner of my home and fare,My shadow in the street; I look into your great brown eyes,Where ...

Travels in AlaskaJohn Muir Travels in Alaska Preface Forty years ago John Muir wrote to a friend; “I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer. . . . Civilization and fever, and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me, have not dimmed my glacial eyes, and I care to live only to entice people ...

The YosemiteChapter 1. The Approach to the ValleyThe Sierra From The West Characteristics Of The Cañons The Incomparable Yosemite The Approach To The Valley The First View: The Bridal Veil General Features Of The Valley The Upper Cañons Natural Features Near The Valley Down The Yosemite Creek The...

Steep TrailsJohn Muir Steep Trails / California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon EDITOR'S NOTEThe papers brought together in this volume have, in a general way, been arranged in chronological sequence. They span a period of twenty-nine years of Muir's life, during which they ap...

The Grand Cañon of the ColoradoJohn Muir The Grand Cañon of the Colorado THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO by John Muir1902Happy nowadays is the tourist, with earth's wonders, new and old, spread invitingly open before him, and a host of able workers as his slaves making everything easy, padding pl...

The Mountains of CaliforniaJohn Muir The Mountains of California CHAPTER I THE SIERRA NEVADA Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape. Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the ...