John Muir is one of the founding fathers of the modern environmental movement and this volume celebrates his achievements in the mountaineering field. Sacred Summits gathers together many illuminating essays by and about Muir, the majority of which are currently unavailable in North America.
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How ironic it is for John Muir, the patron saint of Yosemite Valley, to be honored in the last year of the 20th century with a book that shows how much of his hard work has been callously discarded. He would weep with frustration at the sight of his beloved valley today: traffic congestion, supermarkets and gift shops vying for space, visitors rushing from one attraction to another, and mountaineers racing up his beloved peaks. White, an environmental writer, presents Muir's writings in all of their poetic loveliness, and Muir's adventures on mountains around the world will thrill readers of all ages. White wonderfully captures the solitary splendor of Muir's often singlehanded fight against the tides of progress to save as much precious land as possible. Highly recommended for all public libraries, especially those in areas touched by Muir's legacy.AJoseph L. Carlson, Lompoc P.L., CA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Sacred Summits: John Muir's Mountain Days (Travel) (Paperback)
Graham white has collected a fine Scottish edition of Muir's mountaineering essays along with appreciative essays on muir as a mountaineer by Arthur W. Ewart, Francis P. Farquhar, Ken Crocket, Samuel hall Young, and Aubrey haines. This edition serves the needs of readers in the British Isles since my own edition of Muir's Mountaineering essays was not readily available on the other side of the Atlantic. In his introduction, White explains that "it is equally clear that in the boldness of all Muir's solitary ascents, it was not the mountain which was conquered, but the limitations of self which were transcended. White expresses grave concern about the trashing of mountains by countless hordes of people in the late twentieth century whose sole purpose is to "bag another peak." He admonishes us with a forceful statement: "If we are to sustain the world's fragile mountain environments through another century of recreation and tourism development, the challenge is for the climbing, and hill-walking community to emulate John Muir's example by adopting a far deeper ethos." Though some of the essays White collects are a bit duplicative, overall Graham White's new collection makes for a very good read.
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