John Muir (1) (1838–1914)
Autor/a de My First Summer in the Sierra
Per altres autors anomenats John Muir, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
The naturalist John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and lived on a Wisconsin farm, where he had to work hard for long hours. He would rise as early as one o'clock in the morning in order to have time to study. At the urging mostra'n més of friends, he took some inventions he had made to a fair in Madison, Wisconsin. This trip resulted in his attending the University of Wisconsin. After four years in school, he began the travels that eventually took him around the world. Muir's inventing career came to an abrupt end in 1867, when he lost an eye in an accident while working on one of his mechanical inventions. Thereafter, he focused his attention on natural history, exploring the American West, especially the Yosemite region of California. Muir traveled primarily on foot carrying only a minimum amount of food and a bedroll. In 1880 Muir married Louie Strentzel, the daughter of an Austrian who began the fruit and wine industry in California. One of the first explorers to postulate the role of glaciers in forming the Yosemite Valley, Muir also discovered a glacier in Alaska that later was named for him. His lively descriptions of many of the natural areas of the United States contributed to the founding of Yosemite National Park in 1890. His urge to preserve these areas for posterity led to his founding of the Sierra Club in 1892. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: George Grantham Bain Collection,
LoC Prints and Photographs Division
(LC-DIG-ggbain-06861)
LoC Prints and Photographs Division
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Obres de John Muir
John Muir's Last Journey South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence (2001) 30 exemplars
John Muir's longest walk: John Earl, a photographer, traces his journey to Florida ; with excerpts from John… (1975) 16 exemplars
Come and Join the Celebration: A Resource Book to Help Adults and Children Experience Holy Communion Together (2001) 11 exemplars
JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated):… (2015) 7 exemplars
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico (1888) 6 exemplars
A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf - Legacy Edition: A Great Hike To The Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, And The Atlantic Ocean… (2020) 3 exemplars
Alaska: Narrative, Glaciers, Natives (Volume 1: Harriman Expedition Alaska With Cooperation of Washington Academy of… — Autor — 3 exemplars
The Incredible Travel Tales of John Muir (Illustrated Edition): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the… (2017) 2 exemplars
THE YOSEMITE COLLECTION of John Muir (Illustrated): The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite… (2015) 2 exemplars
Afoot to Yosemite : a sketch 2 exemplars
Forêts dans la tempête: et autres colères de la nature (Petite Bibliothèque Payot t. 1093) (2019) 2 exemplars
The Writings of John Muir Volume 1 (1916): The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916) 2 exemplars
John Muir's Book Collection: The Story of my Boyhood and Youth; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; The Grand… (2009) 2 exemplars
Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to Mexico, (volume I); The Rocky… (1888) 1 exemplars
From The mountains of California 1 exemplars
Muir's The boyhood of a naturalist 1 exemplars
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 8 1 exemplars
Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen… (2019) 1 exemplars
The Sights and Sounds of the Sierra Nevada 1 exemplars
Boyhood and Youth - Walk to the Gulf 1 exemplars
Museum Small Craft Association Transactions 1 exemplars
From the Eagle's Wing 1 exemplars
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 5 1 exemplars
John Muir's America 1 exemplars
Muir 1 exemplars
On the post-glacial history of Sequoia gigantea 1 exemplars
Rambles in King's River Country 1 exemplars
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 4 1 exemplars
Essays from picturesque California 1 exemplars
JOHN MUIR: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Illustrated Edition): The Memoirs of the… (2017) 1 exemplars
THE ALASKA ROUTE: The Cruise of the Corwin, Travels in Alaska, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated… (2017) 1 exemplars
CALIFORNIA by John Muir: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The… (2017) 1 exemplars
JOHN MUIR: Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies, Memoirs & Letters (With Original Illustrations): Picturesque… (2017) 1 exemplars
Complete Works of John Muir 1 exemplars
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 1 1 exemplars
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MUIR 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Col·laborador — 83 exemplars
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1978 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
How dogs tamed us (Includes Stickeen by John Muir) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1978 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1838-04-21
- Data de defunció
- 1914-12-24
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Muir-Strentzel Hanna Cemetery, Martinez, California, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- Lloc de defunció
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Portage, Wisconsin, USA
Oakland, California, USA
Martinez, California, USA - Educació
- University of Wisconsin
- Professions
- Engineer
Naturalist
Writer
Botanist
Environmental activist
Geologist - Organitzacions
- Sierra Club (Founder)
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1898])
Transcendentalism - Premis i honors
- California Hall of Fame (2006)
Membres
Converses
I am so new and, well, what about John Muir? a Legacy Libraries (juny 2011)
Ressenyes
Mountaineering Essays (Literature of the American… de John Muir
A beautiful slog. Thoreau's influence is clear the whole way through.
So! Many! Superlatives! That's what the bulk of this book consists of. As rich and rewarding as Muir's prose is, I believe it might best be enjoyed in small doses rather than all in one go.
[Audiobook note: The reader was okay, but suffers greatly in comparison with the Scottish-accented actor that Ken Burns used as Muir's voice in his National Parks documentary. This reader just somehow failed to bring across the deeply spiritual tone that Muir's words call for.]
[Audiobook note: The reader was okay, but suffers greatly in comparison with the Scottish-accented actor that Ken Burns used as Muir's voice in his National Parks documentary. This reader just somehow failed to bring across the deeply spiritual tone that Muir's words call for.]
I've decided that, for me, Muir is an author whose work is best savored in small batches. Taken too rapidly, one after another, the pieces become like too much candy. So I'm moving on, with this book half-finished. I'll return to it to enjoy the essays singly at later dates when I'm again in the mood.
have picked this up now and then since 2007 - I remember reading it since I moved here in 2011 - it could healline by Natural History books for 2024
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 121
- També de
- 16
- Membres
- 6,653
- Popularitat
- #3,680
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 97
- ISBN
- 652
- Llengües
- 9
- Preferit
- 15
