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Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings (California Legacy Book)
Essential Muir A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings - California Legacy Book Author:John Muir, Fred D. White Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California's best-known iconso much so that his image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second ... more »volume in the California Legacy Essentials Collection. Taking the best of John Muir's writings on naturein which he waxes ecstatic even as he accurately describes the scientific attributes of a floweras well as his thoughts on religion and society, this book presents a fresh look at one of California's greatest literary figures. His love for nature was so powerfuland his description of it so compellingit still inspires us a century later. About the Essentials Collection
Santa Clara University and Heyday Books present the Essentials Collection: accessible "best-of" volumes showcasing California authors whose works have gained and deserve international recognitionauthors such as William Saroyan, John Muir, Mary Austin, Ambrose Bierce, and Chester Himes.« less