My First Summer in the Sierra.
by Muir, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good gift inscription to front endpaper, otherwise near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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Synopsis
John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Scotland. In 1849 he emigrated with his family to the United States, where he later enrolled in courses in chemistry, geology, and botany at the University of Wisconsin. Muir made extended journeys throughout America, observing both scientifically and enthusiastically the beauties of the wilderness. The Mountains of California , his first book, was published in 1894. He eventually settled in California, where he became an impassioned leader of the forest conservation movement. His writings include Our National Parks (1901), My First Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Yosemite (1912), Travels in Alaska (1915), A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916), and Steep Trails (1918).
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355264
- Title
- My First Summer in the Sierra.
- Author
- Muir, John
- Illustrator
- Twelve wood-engravings by Michael McCurdy
- Format/Binding
- Quarter gray cloth over gray boards, black spine title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good gift inscription to front endpaper, otherwise near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 162 pp.
- Size
- 32.5x23.3 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- California;
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