Wilderness Essays (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists) - Softcover

Muir, John

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ISBN 10: 0879053011 ISBN 13: 9780879053017

Verlag: Gibbs Smith, 1989

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Book by Muir John

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A collection of essays recounts Muir's exploration of the wilderness of the American West

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John Muir was one of our first and finest writers on the wilderness of the American West. Part of Muir's attractiveness to modern readers is the fact that he was an activist. He not only explored the West and wrote about its beauties-- he fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, glaciers. Here collected are some of his finest wilderness essays, ranging from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the Range of Light-- the High Sierra.

This series celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists-- writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. Their literary terrain maps the intimate connections between the human and natural worlds, a subject defined by Mary Austin in 1920 as "a third thing... the sum of what passed between me and the Land". Literary naturalists transcend political boundaries, social concerns, and historical milieus; they speak for what Henry Beston called the "other nations" of the planet. Their message acquires more weight and urgency as wild places become increasingly scarce. This series, then, celebrates both a wonderful body of work and a fundamental truth: that nature counts as a model, a guide to how we can live in the world.

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• Verlag: Gibbs Smith
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0879053011
• ISBN 13: 9780879053017
• Einband: Tapa blanda