John Muir: The Memoirs of John Muir

Cover: 9788028336219 | The Memoirs of John Muir | John Muir | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023

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The Memoirs of John Muir traces the making of America's most influential wilderness prophet, moving from Scottish boyhood and the Wisconsin frontier to botanical rambles, Sierra ascents, and encounters with glaciers, forests, and storms. Its prose is both exact and ecstatic: Muir writes with the observational discipline of a naturalist and the reverent intensity of a spiritual pilgrim. In the tradition of Thoreau, Emerson, and nineteenth-century exploration narrative, the book transforms autobiography into environmental testimony. Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, in 1838 and immigrated with his family to Wisconsin, where hard farm labor, mechanical ingenuity, and self-education shaped his independence. A near-blinding industrial accident deepened his resolve to devote his restored sight to nature. His later journeys through the American West, especially the Sierra Nevada, made him a central figure in conservation and a founder of the Sierra Club. This volume is recommended to readers of autobiography, environmental history, and American literature alike. It offers not merely the record of an adventurous life, but a compelling argument for wonder, humility, and the preservation of wild places.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788028336219
ISBN-10:	8028336213
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Muir, John
Hersteller:	Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 8 mm
Von/Mit:	John Muir
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.11.2023
Gewicht:	0,215 kg