A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir Hardcover - 2008
by Worster, Donald
- Used
- Hardcover
In Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. Based on Muir's full private correspondence, it is full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man.Oxford University Press
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- Title A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
- Author Worster, Donald
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9745259
- ISBN 9780195166828 / 0195166825
- Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.38 x 1.58 in (23.93 x 16.21 x 4.01 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Library of Congress subjects Naturalists - United States, Conservationists - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008001441
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Booklist, 10/15/2008, Page 7
- Choice, 03/01/2009, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/17/2008, Page 22
- Library Journal, 10/01/2008, Page 91
- New York Review of Books, 03/12/2009, Page 20
- New York Times Book Review, 02/01/2009, Page 17
- Science, 11/07/2008, Page 859
