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John Muir (Twayne's United States authors series)
John Muir - Twayne's United States authors series Author:Herbert F Smith Although John Muir stands next to Thoreau as America's best-known naturalist, his works are relatively unknown in comparison with those of the author of Walden. Much has been written about John Muir, but almost nothing has been written about his writings--for the imposing figure of "John o' the Mountains" is of such proportions that Muir's biogr... more »aphers slight the importance of his works to treat the more--to them--fascinating aspects of his career. Here ,for the first time, the man John Muir definitely takes second place to a critical and analytical consideration of his writings as belles-lettres. Americans are too prone to apologize for their idealism. But in this study, John Muir may be seen as a writer and a thinker of whom America should well be proud. Though influenced profoundly by the Concord Transcendentalists, Muir, this study proves, carried the ideas of Emerson and Thoreau to a new height, both of poetic statement and of variety of experience.« less