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THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir (Illustrated)

Author : John Muir
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Total Pages : 489 pages
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Download or read book THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir (Illustrated) written by John Muir and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Well known naturalist and environmentalist, John Muir made four trips to Alaska as far as Unalaska, Alaska and Barrow, Alaska. He first traveled to Alaska in 1879 and was the first Euro-American to explore Glacier Bay. Muir Glacier was later named after him. He returned for further explorations in Southeast Alaska in 1880, and in 1881 was with the party that landed on Wrangel Island on the USS Corwin and claimed that island for the United States. He documented this experience in journal entries and newspaper articles—later compiled and edited into his book The Cruise of the Corwin. Travels in Alaska and Stickeen are also Muir's books about his doings and adventures in Alaska. Table of Contents: Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Stickeen: The Story of a Dog Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 489 pages
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Download or read book THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated) written by John Muir and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Well known naturalist and environmentalist, John Muir made four trips to Alaska as far as Unalaska, Alaska and Barrow, Alaska. He first traveled to Alaska in 1879 and was the first Euro-American to explore Glacier Bay. Muir Glacier was later named after him. He returned for further explorations in Southeast Alaska in 1880, and in 1881 was with the party that landed on Wrangel Island on the USS Corwin and claimed that island for the United States. He documented this experience in journal entries and newspaper articles—later compiled and edited into his book The Cruise of the Corwin. Travels in Alaska and Stickeen are also Muir's books about his doings and adventures in Alaska. Table of Contents: Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Stickeen: The Story of a Dog Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume

Author : John Muir
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
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Download or read book Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume written by John Muir and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir made four trips to Alaska, as far as Unalaska and Barrow. Muir, Mr. Young and a group of Native American Guides first traveled to Alaska in 1879 and were the first Euro-Americans to explore Glacier Bay. Muir Glacier was later named after him. He traveled into British Columbia a third of the way up the Stikine River, likening its Grand Canyon to "a Yosemite that was a hundred miles long". Muir recorded over 300 glaciers along the river's course. He returned for further explorations in southeast Alaska in 1880 and in 1881 was with the party that landed on Wrangel Island on the USS Corwin and claimed that island for the United States. He documented this experience in journal entries and newspaper articles—later compiled and edited into his book The Cruise of the Corwin. In 1888 after seven years of managing the Strentzel fruit ranch in Alhambra Valley, California, his health began to suffer. He returned to the hills to recover, climbing Mount Rainier in Washington and writing Ascent of Mount Rainier. Contents: Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Stickeen: The Story of a Dog Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)

Author : Samuel Hall Young
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ISBN 13 : 9781677902620
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated) written by Samuel Hall Young and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATURE CLASSIC Alaska Days with John Muir is an illustrated overview of Young's travels in Alaska with conservationist John Muir. They discovered Glacier Bay in Alaska. DETAILS: Includes the Original Illustrations

THE ALASKA ROUTE (Illustrated Edition)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8075838084
Total Pages : 535 pages
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Download or read book THE ALASKA ROUTE (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well known naturalist and environmentalist, John Muir made four trips to Alaska as far as Unalaska, Alaska and Barrow, Alaska. He first traveled to Alaska in 1879 and was the first Euro-American to explore Glacier Bay. Muir Glacier was later named after him. He returned for further explorations in Southeast Alaska in 1880, and in 1881 was with the party that landed on Wrangel Island on the USS Corwin and claimed that island for the United States. He documented this experience in journal entries and newspaper articles—later compiled and edited into his book The Cruise of the Corwin. Travels in Alaska and Stickeen are also Muir's books about his doings and adventures in Alaska. Table of Contents: Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Stickeen: The Story of a Dog Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

Travels in Alaska

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Boston, Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book Travels in Alaska written by John Muir and published by Boston, Mifflin. This book was released on 1915 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in "Travels in Alaska," a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, "A century and a quarter later, we are reading ÝMuir's ̈ account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains." This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition.

Travels in Alaska (Illustrated)

Author : John Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781658253482
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Travels in Alaska (Illustrated) written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXPLORING ALASKA Travels in Alaska is a fascinating account of naturalist John Muir's explorations. He took three trips, one in 1879,1880, and 1890. This book describes all three excursions. DETAILS: Includes the Original Illustrations

The Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated Edition)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027304423
Total Pages : 2263 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 2263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited book brings you the complete works of an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America, known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks". This exceptional collection is comprised of Muir's travel memoirs, wilderness essays, environmental studies and personal letters. Contents: Books Picturesque California The Mountains of California Our National Parks My First Summer in the Sierra The Yosemite Travels in Alaska Stickeen: The Story of a Dog The Cruise of the Corwin A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf Steep Trails Studies in Sierra Articles and Speeches The National Parks and Forest Reservations Save the Redwoods Snow-storm on Mount Shasta Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park A Rival of the Yosemite The Treasures of the Yosemite Yosemite Glaciers Yosemite in Winter Yosemite in Spring Edward Henry Harriman Edward Taylor Parsons The Hetch Hetchy Valley The Grand Cañon of the Colorado Autobiography The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Letters to a Friend Tribute Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

JOHN MUIR: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Illustrated Edition)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Musaicum Books
ISBN 13 : 8075838122
Total Pages : 928 pages
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Download or read book JOHN MUIR: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by Musaicum Books. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of My Boyhood and Youthreveals the beginnings of the forming of Muir's special relation towards nature. He considered the encounters with nature as quite an adventure and at first, paid special attention to bird life. John Muir understood that to discover truth, he must turn to what he believed were the most accurate sources. In his autobiographical account, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, he writes that during his childhood, his father made him read the Bible every day. Muir eventually memorized three-quarters of the Old Testament and all of the New Testament. In his autobiography, written near the end of his life, he described his life from childhood years in Scotland and moving to America to student years in Wisconsin. When he was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown him there, and especially the sympathy which Mrs. Carr, as a botanist and a lover of nature, felt in the young manes interests and aims, led to the formation of a lasting friendship. He regarded Mrs. Carr, indeed, as his "spiritual mother," and his letters to her in later years are the outpourings of a sensitive spirit to one who he felt thoroughly understood and sympathized with him. John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

The Incredible Travel Tales of John Muir (Illustrated Edition)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8075838165
Total Pages : 1250 pages
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Download or read book The Incredible Travel Tales of John Muir (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his numerous travels across the North America John Muir left behind a several travel books and travel reports. In September 1867, Muir undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida, which he recounted in his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. He had no specific route chosen, except to go by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find. Upon coming to California Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. His hiking journeys through the mountains, valleys,forests andglaciersof Sierra are vividly described in books My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California. Muir also made four trips to Alaska and he documented these experiences in books Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin. Steep Trails is collection of Muir's papers written during his journeysover a period of twenty-nine years collected by William Frederic Badè. Table of Contents: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf My First Summer in the Sierra The Mountains of California Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Steep Trails John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountainsof California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails... (Illustrated)

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Author : John Muir
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1049 pages
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Download or read book John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails... (Illustrated) written by John Muir and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails... (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. During his numerous travels across the North America John Muir left behind a several travel books and travel reports. In September 1867, Muir undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida, which he recounted in his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. He had no specific route chosen, except to go by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find. Upon coming to California Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. His hiking journeys through the mountains, valleys,forests andglaciersof Sierra are vividly described in books My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California. Muir also made four trips to Alaska and he documented these experiences in books Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin. Steep Trails is collection of Muir's papers written during his journeysover a period of twenty-nine years collected by William Frederic Badè. Table of Contents: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf My First Summer in the Sierra The Mountains of California Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Steep Trails John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountainsof California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

Alaska Days (Illustrated Edition)

Author : John Muir
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 481 pages
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Download or read book Alaska Days (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. John Muir made four trips to Alaska, as far as Unalaska and Barrow. Muir, Mr. Young and a group of Native American Guides first traveled to Alaska in 1879 and were the first Euro-Americans to explore Glacier Bay. Muir Glacier was later named after him. He traveled into British Columbia a third of the way up the Stikine River, likening its Grand Canyon to "a Yosemite that was a hundred miles long". Muir recorded over 300 glaciers along the river's course. He returned for further explorations in southeast Alaska in 1880 and in 1881 was with the party that landed on Wrangel Island on the USS Corwin and claimed that island for the United States. He documented this experience in journal entries and newspaper articles—later compiled and edited into his book The Cruise of the Corwin. In 1888 after seven years of managing the Strentzel fruit ranch in Alhambra Valley, California, his health began to suffer. He returned to the hills to recover, climbing Mount Rainier in Washington and writing Ascent of Mount Rainier. Contents: Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Stickeen: The Story of a Dog Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

Travels in Alaska.

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781719365062
Total Pages : 138 pages
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Download or read book Travels in Alaska. written by John Muir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks," was an influential Scottish-American 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he co-founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor. Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir, Muir Grove, and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130-mile-long route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. As part of the campaign to make Yosemite a national park, Muir published two landmark articles on wilderness preservation in The Century Magazine, "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park"; this helped support the push for U.S. Congress to pass a bill in 1890 establishing Yosemite National Park.The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings has inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas.

Alaska Days with John Muir

Author : Samuel Hall Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
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The Collected works of John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Stickeen and others. Illustrated

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Author : John Muir
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
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Download or read book The Collected works of John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Stickeen and others. Illustrated written by John Muir and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir was one of the creators of the United States national park system and protected nature reserves. His love of nature and activism preserved the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park, and other wilderness areas for generations. He wrote prolifically on man’s duty to care for the environment. His works continue to inspire ordinary people as well as presidents and politicians to love nature and to strive to protect it. Our National Parks, Stickeen, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Yosemite, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, The Mountains of California, Steep Trails. The Grand Cañon of the Colorado, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and Unabridged), Including

Author : John Muir
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ISBN 13 : 9781789432879
Total Pages : 932 pages
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Download or read book Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and Unabridged), Including written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir (1838- 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and the modern day ""patron saint of ecology"". His writings on his adventures in the various wildernesses of America have been enjoyed by millions. His ecological activism helped to preserve many of the national parks, enabling others to enjoy nature. He founded the Sierra Club, which is one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. Although his upbringing put him off religion for life he was an immensely spiritual man, and this quality and enthusiasm pervades all his writings, inspiring his readers, including politicians to preserve the natural landscapes. For this reason he is known as the ""Father of the National Parks"". Author William Anderson, said that Muir exemplified ""the archetype of our oneness with the earth"", and biographer Donald Worster said he believed his mission was ""...saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism."" The Mountains of California (1894) draws on his many, decades of exploration, describing with poetic beauty and awe the lakes, mountains, plants and animals. Stickeen (1909) is Muir's most popular book, describing his adventures in Alaska with a dog. My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) is Muir's description of his spiritual awakening when he first encountered the mountains and valleys of central California. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913) is Muir's autobiography, detailing his strict upbringing in Scotland, his emigration with his family to America, aged eleven, and of his first delight with the natural world. Travels in Alaska (1915), In the late 1800s, Muir made several trips to the pristine, unspoilt territory of Alaska, drawn to its beauty and purity, its glaciers and its wild animals - bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. The Cruise of the Corwin (1917), In 1881, the steamship Thomas Corwin voyaged into the treacherous Arctic seas to search for the lost ship Jeannette, which had been lost. The ship was not found, but Muir's account of this expedition is poetic and magical, describing the glaciers, vegetation and seas of this mysterious land. Steep Trails(1919), This book was derived from letters, articles and local publications written by John Muir, arranged in roughly chronological sequence. The chapters describing Nevada, San Gabriel and Utah were written in the field, and have great immediacy, describing Muir's first impressions. The Yosemite(1920), In this book Muir recounts his adventures during the years he lived in the Yosemite Valley's spectacular scenery. Muir captures the breath-taking beauty of the area alongside his most ambitious adventures; looking over the brink of Yosemite Falls, climbing a hundred feet up into a high, hollow ice-cone, and climbing to the top of Half Dome, covered with a fresh blanket of snow.

Travels in Alaska

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522739265
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Travels in Alaska written by John Muir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions glowing with color, thrilling stories of adventures on mountains, glaciers, and the sea, and sympathetic accounts of the life of the Indians make this account of the wonders of our Northern possessions one of the most interesting of recent travel books, while as the crowning volume of Muir's works it will take and hold a permanent place in American literature.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]