The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Our National Parks; and more.
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Or numerous other natural phenomena? Come browse Muir's collection of books. Yes, browse the 1,030 pages which comprise his writings. This book is excellent for the student of nature because his descriptive writing takes you to the high Sierra, the redwood forests, the 1,000 mile trek through Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. You are there and you want to be THERE! While much of the description was written over 100 years ago, the magnificence of a Sequoia, the humidity of a Florida swamp and the curiosity of a Douglas squirrel is still REAL today. A true travelogue for nature lovers and mountainmen wannabes alike
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I absolutely love the way John Muir writes. His descriptions of nature and his adventures are captivating and beautiful. I think I may have all of his books by now....they are good to read when you need to escape from the hustle-bustle of life.
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WHEN I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
earthquake taluses, glacier pavements, two silver firs, white silver fir, glacier fountains, small residual glaciers, avalanche taluses, distinct glaciers, magnificent silver fir, main lateral moraines, main forest belt, fronded branches, dwarf vaccinium, snowy fountains, moraine matter, glacial fountains, northern groves, irised spray, ancient mer, glacier monument, moraine soil, glacier meadows, moraine material, air into music, colossal spires Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Joaquin, Kings River, Mount Shasta, Hetch Hetchy, Puget Sound, San Francisco, Yosemite Creek, Mount Hoffman, United States, Cathedral Peak, Half Dome, Lake Tenaya, Fort Wrangell, British Columbia, Glacier Bay, Indian Canyon, New York, Sum Dum, San Gabriel, Sierra Nevada, Bridal Veil, Yosemite National Park, Bloody Canyon, Cascade Range, Mono Lake New!
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WHEN I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
earthquake taluses, glacier pavements, two silver firs, white silver fir, glacier fountains, small residual glaciers, avalanche taluses, distinct glaciers, magnificent silver fir, main lateral moraines, main forest belt, fronded branches, dwarf vaccinium, snowy fountains, moraine matter, glacial fountains, northern groves, irised spray, ancient mer, glacier monument, moraine soil, glacier meadows, moraine material, air into music, colossal spires Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Joaquin, Kings River, Mount Shasta, Hetch Hetchy, Puget Sound, San Francisco, Yosemite Creek, Mount Hoffman, United States, Cathedral Peak, Half Dome, Lake Tenaya, Fort Wrangell, British Columbia, Glacier Bay, Indian Canyon, New York, Sum Dum, San Gabriel, Sierra Nevada, Bridal Veil, Yosemite National Park, Bloody Canyon, Cascade Range, Mono Lake New!
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- Audio Anecdotes: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio (v. 1) by Ken Greenebaum on page 426, and page 431
- Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West by Timothy Egan in Back Matter
- Moon Handbooks: Northern California (3rd Ed.) by Kim Weir in Back Matter
- The Backpacker's Handbook, 2nd Edition by Chris Townsend in Back Matter
- Moon Handbooks: California by Kim Weir in Back Matter
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