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The Wilderness World of John Muir

The Wilderness World of John Muir

John Muir

A collection of Muir's finest nature and environmental writings includes excerpts from all his major works, including Travels in Alaska and My First Summer in the Sierra. Reprint.
John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures

John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures

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New information on the life of the famed environmentalist presented in 2001 at the John Muir Institute, hosted by the John Muir Center.
Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological ...

Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological ...

Jeffrey Bilbro

Robert Fuller portrays Muir as a pantheist (51), and Adam Sowards follows Weiss and Taylor in reading Muir's Christianity as merely a vocabular inheritance. 5. Elsewhere, Stoll also places Muir in the Reformed Protestant tradition because of  ...
John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

John Muir

The sixty extant journals and numerous notes in this volume were written from 1867 to 1911. They start seven years after the time covered in The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Muir's uncompleted autobiography.
Papers of Marcie Muir Relating to Katie Langloh Parker

Papers of Marcie Muir Relating to Katie Langloh Parker

Marcie Muir

The remaining papers in the collection consist mainly of Muir's research, drafts and correspondence relating to this publication (5 boxes, 1 file).
John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books

John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books

John Muir

Features the eight influential books in which John Muir reflects on the beauty of America's wilderness and fights for their protection.
Index to Mr. [John] Muir's Sanskrit Texts: Parts First and ...

Index to Mr. [John] Muir's Sanskrit Texts: Parts First and ...

John Muir

Parts First and Second John Muir. Dadat, ii. 98 Dadatah, ii. 98 Dadathuh, ii. 131 Dadatï, ii. 30 Dadäti, ii. 12,30, 98 Dadato, ii. ... 127 Danam, declens., ii, 250 Danavas, i. 38, 166 f, 192 ; ii. 431 Danavratas, i. 193 Dandaka forest, ii. 425 Dandan, ii.
iPhone for Seniors for Dummies

iPhone for Seniors for Dummies

Nancy C. Muir

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My First Summer in the Sierra

My First Summer in the Sierra

John Muir

Muir's engaging journal describes majestic vistas, flora and fauna, as well as the region's other breathtaking natural wonders. 21 black-and-white illustrations.
John Muir: Protecting and Preserving the Environment

John Muir: Protecting and Preserving the Environment

Henry Elliot

Profiles John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club.
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

Donald Worster

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Worster, Donald, 1941– A passion for nature ; the life of John Muir / Donald Worster. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-19-516682-8 1. Muir, John, 1838–1914. 2.
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

Donald Worster

Yet the book also describes a Muir who was a successful fruit-grower, a talented scientist and world-traveler, a doting father and husband, a self-made man of wealth and political influence.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Soccer Mania

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Soccer Mania

Jane O''Connor

All Nancy wants is to be mediocre—or maybe even a little better than average. Will she reach her goal? Written with plenty of humor and sports action, this story is perfect for kids like Nancy who aren’t the stars of their teams.
The Cruise of the Corwin

The Cruise of the Corwin

John Muir

An account of John Muir's 1881 voyage to Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska aboard the steamer Thomas Corwin
John Muir: Young Naturalist

John Muir: Young Naturalist

Montrew Dunham

John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
John Muir and Stickeen: An Alaskan Adventure

John Muir and Stickeen: An Alaskan Adventure

Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

Describes an episode in the life of conservationist John Muir when he was stranded on a glacier with a brave dog, Stickeen.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

Jane O'Connor

Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in joining Nancy Clancy as she takes on love in the second chapter book in the series. As always, the central theme of all the Nancy Clancy books shines through, showing the beauty of friendship and love.
Wilderness Essays

Wilderness Essays

John Muir

Here collected are some of Muir's finest wilderness essays, ranging in subject matter from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the High Sierra.This book is part of a series that celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists--writers ...
John Muir: nature's visionary

John Muir: nature's visionary

Gretel Ehrlich

In this definitive photobiography, Ehrlich brings her award-winning grace & insight to the life of one of our nation's most prized environmental heroes--John Muir, a founder of the Sierra Club.
The American Conservation Movement: John Muir and His Legacy

The American Conservation Movement: John Muir and His Legacy

Stephen R. Fox

First published in 1981 by Little, Brown, this book was warmly received as both a biography of Muir and a history of the American conservation movement. It is now available in this new Wisconsin paperback edition.
Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company

Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company

John Kenneth Muir

Muir also details the events that lead to Rob Reiner's influential and legendary This Is Spinal Tap , which Rolling Stone called the best rock and roll movie of all time, and in which Guest played the part of guitarist Nigel Tufnel.
Under the Influence: John Deakin, Photography and the Lure ...

Under the Influence: John Deakin, Photography and the Lure ...

Robin Muir

With dozens of reproductions of Deakin's most compelling images, letters, contact sheets and other ephemera, and a text by acclaimed photographic historian Robin Muir charting his troubled Soho existence, this book is an evocative record of ...
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

Jane O'Connor

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth is the first in a series of delightful middle-grade mysteries. Sassy Fancy Nancy is now a detective.
Ethics and Governance: Business as Mediating Institution

Ethics and Governance: Business as Mediating Institution

Timothy L. Fort

They include Jeff Nesteruk, Robbin Derry, Mike Naughton, Tom Dunfee, Bill Frederick, Steve Salbu, Joshua Margolis, Bob Kennedy, Dana Muir, and Tom Shaffer. In addition, no significant work leaves my hands unless my wife, Nancy Nerad, ...
Fancy Nancy at the Museum

Fancy Nancy at the Museum

Jane O'Connor

Nancy’s class is going on a fancy trip to the museum. A bumpy bus ride leaves Nancy feeling not-so-fancy, but Miss Glass saves the day, leaving Nancy as fancy as ever!
Wildflowers of the High Sierra and John Muir Trail

Wildflowers of the High Sierra and John Muir Trail

Elizabeth Wenk

... Season Mid-June–early August Locations Mt. Dana, Muir Pass, Kearsarge Pass, Shepherd Pass, Mt. Whitney Leaves and Stems: Reaching no more than 10 cm in height, this species has a dense rosette of dark to bluish-green, elongate, ...

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