A Passion for Nature The Life of John Muir

by Worster, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780195166828
• ISBN10: 0195166825
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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

Author Biography

David Worster is Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas and the author of many books, including A River Running West (OUP 2000); The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination (OUP 1993); and Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West (OUP 1993),

Table of Contents

Prologue: Muir's Trail	p. 3
The Scottish Lowlands	p. 13
"That Glorious Wisconsin Wilderness"	p. 42
Climbing the Ice Mountain	p. 67
Border Crossings	p. 92
The Long Walk	p. 118
Paradise Found	p. 149
The Higher Peaks	p. 181
Coming in from the Cold	p. 216
The Shores of Alaska	p. 246
Husbandry	p. 276
A Call to Lead	p. 305
The Company of Green Men	p. 332
Earthquakes	p. 366
The Troubled Nature of Wealth	p. 401
Epilogue: "Slight Progress Heavenward"	p. 454
Notes	p. 467
Bibliography	p. 494
Acknowledgments	p. 509
Index	p. 511
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