My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays A Library Format: Paperback

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Language: English Narrative Type: book Publication Year: 2011 Format: Trade Paperback Author: John Muir Item Height: 0.7 in height: 0.7 in Book Title: My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays : a Library of America Paperback Classic Number of Pages: 400 Pages Type: book ISBN: 9781598531114 Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Regional, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa) Genre: Nature, Travel, Biography & Autobiography Item Length: 7.9 in Intended Audience: General/trade width: 5.1 in Item Weight: 12.2 Oz Item Width: 5.1 in Publisher: Library of America, T.H.E.

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My First Summer in the Sierra and Selected Essays A Library Format: Paperback. Describing his spiritual awakening amid the mountains and valleys of central California, John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra is, like Walden, one of the seminal texts in the literature of the American environment. It is presented here with an introduction by writer and activist Bill McKibben and related essays about Yosemite, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and other wonders of the Sierra Nevada. Describing his spiritual awakening amid the mountains and valleys of central California, John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra is, like Walden, one of the seminal texts in the literature of the American environment. It is presented here with an introduction by writer and activist Bill McKibben and related essays about Yosemite, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and other wonders of the Sierra Nevada.