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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive biography of Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and conservationist, John Muir, that chronicles his childhood in Scotland and Wisconsin, his expeditions in the mountainous regions of the West, and friendship with famous individuals.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"The Adventures of Henry Thoreau-chronicling the ten years in his life beginning with Harvard in 1837 and ending as he walked away from Walden Pond after living in his long dreamed-of cabin for only two years--tells the dramatic (and at times heartbreaking) story of how a troubled young man found a meaningful life in a tempestuous era"--
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Collects some of the most significant writings of naturalist John Muir, in which he discusses his life in Scotland and America, his fascination with the natural world, his spiritual awakening in the Sierra mountains, and other highlights of his career.
Author
Series
Canongate classics volume 67
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Five works by the naturalist considered the father of the modern conservation movement, documenting the unspoiled beauty of nineteenth-century America. When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -- John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra The name of John Muir has come to stand for the protection of wild land and wilderness in both America and Britain. Born in Scotland in 1838, Muir is famed...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The most original piece of travel writing about the Antarctic region I have read in years... Bradfield is a literary tour guide in the best sense." -- Elizabeth Leane, author of Antarctica in Fiction: Imaginative Narratives of the Far South A poet and a naturalist, Elizabeth Bradfield documents and examines her work as a guide on ships in Antarctica through poetry, prose, and photographs, offering an incisive insider's vision that challenges traditional...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1903, a renowned naturalist joined the President of the United States for a two-week camping trip to Yosemite. John Burroughs offers these delightful reminiscences of Theodore Roosevelt, which center on their ramble through America's first national park and their shared joy in the region's wildlife and geologic wonders. The two observed gophers, badgers, elk, mountain sheep, black-tailed deer, and birds of all kinds while camping in picturesque...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Hands-on nature activities for the budding transcendentalist Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for living two years along the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. He is also known for spending a night in jail for nonpayment of taxes, which he discussed in the influential essay "Civil Disobedience." More than 150 years later, people are still inspired by his thoughtful words about individual rights, social justice,...
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