Travels in Alaska

by Muir, John

• ISBN13: 9780395901489
• ISBN10: 0395901480
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-15
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

John Muir first saw Alaska in 1879, only twelve years after it was purchased from Russia by the United States. Four more times, in 1880, 1881, 1890, and 1899, he was drawn back to this land of rivers and glaciers, sunsets and northern lights, campfires and Arctic stars. Few people have lived so many adventures, yet Muir was not a mere collector of adventure; the hazards he encountered - and many were spine-tingling - came as a result of his intense desire to examine new aspects of the natural world.

Table of Contents

PART I. THE TRIP OF 1879	3	(204)
I. PUGET SOUND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA	3	(10)
II. ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO AND THE HOME I FOUND IN ALASKA	13	(12)
III. WRANGELL ISLAND AND ALASKA SUMMERS	25	(19)
IV. THE STICKEEN RIVER	44	(12)
V. A CRUISE IN THE CASSIAR	56	(20)
VI. THE CASSIAR TRAIL	76	(11)
VII. GLENORA PEAK	87	(10)
VIII. EXPLORATION OF THE STICKEEN GLACIERS	97	(17)
IX. A CANOE VOYAGE TO NORTHWARD	114	(26)
X. THE DISCOVERY OF GLACIER BAY	140	(21)
XI. THE COUNTRY OF THE CHILCATS	161	(17)
XII. THE RETURN TO FORT WRANGELL	178	(19)
XIII. ALASKA INDIANS	197	(10)
PART II. THE TRIP OF 1880	207	(66)
XIV. SUM DUM BAY	207	(27)
XV. FROM TAKU RIVER TO TAYLOR BAY	234	(24)
XVI. GLACIER BAY	258	(15)
PART III. THE TRIP OF 1890	273	(46)
XVII. IN CAMP AT GLACIER BAY	273	(21)
XVIII. MY SLED-TRIP ON THE MUIR GLACIER	294	(18)
XIX. AURORAS	312	(7)
INDEX	319	(7)
GLOSSARY OF WORDS IN THE CHINOOK JARGON	326