John Muir : Magnificent Tramp

by Rod Miller

• ISBN13: 9780765310712
• ISBN10: 0765310716
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

Protector of the Wilderness J ohn Muir (1838-1914) is best remembered as the founder of the Sierra Club, father of America's conservation movement, and the architect of a still growing environmental ethic. Born in Scotland, Muir immigrated to America in 1849. Withlimited formal education but limitless curiosity, he became an explorer, naturalist, conservationist, and a widely respected authority on botany, glaciers, and forestry. Best known for his long association with the Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Muir also explored the southern states, Alaska, the Great Basin, and the Mojave Desert.

Author Biography

Rod Miller writes of the American West and has published poems, short stories, historical articles, and essays about its land and people. He is a member of Western Writers of America.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
A Place in History	p. 17
The Man in the Boy	p. 22
Practical Man, Impractical Life	p. 32
Women	p. 50
The Mystic	p. 63
Relentless as a River of Ice	p. 74
Traveling Planet Earth	p. 84
The Sage and the Sierra	p. 99
Nature at Its Worst	p. 105
Inventing Environmentalism	p. 117
Appointment with the President	p. 128
Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed	p. 138
Further Earth-Planet Travels	p. 150
The Writing Life	p. 173
Remembering Muir	p. 188
A Note on Sources	p. 195
Index	p. 199
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