Ebook: The Wild Muir : Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures
Author: Stetson Lee, Muir John
- Tags: Muir John -- 1838-1914., Naturalists -- United States -- Biography., BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General., Muir John -- 1838-1914, Naturalists., United States.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
- City: New York, United States
- Language: English
- epub
Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir's most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent weathering a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman's exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying, and outrageous.
Abstract: Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir's most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent weathering a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman's exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying, and outrageous