The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir 6,171 ratings, 4. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. John Muir (1838 - 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. He lived in the cabin for two years, and wrote about this period in his book My First Summer in the Sierra. He climbed a number of mountains, including Cathedral Peak and Mount Dana, and hiked the old Indian trail down Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake. Seeing it for the first time, Muir noted that He was overwhelmed by the landscape, scrambling down steep cliff faces to get a closer look at the waterfalls, whooping and howling at the vistas, jumping tirelessly from flower to flower. My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir: 9780812968651 : Books John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, had not yet become a famed conservationist when he first trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, not long. Book Synopsis When he came to California and finally settled in San Francisco, John Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA by John Muir FULL AUDIOBOOK Best Audiobooks The Theory of Everything - Stephen Hawking - Audiobook 1.
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