John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs encapsulate the essence of the American wilderness through a series of captivating narratives. His literary style is characterized by vivid descriptions of nature's beauty, spiritual reflections, and a profound appreciation for the environment. Set within the expansive landscapes of California, Alaska, and beyond, Muir's writings serve as a testament to his unwavering passion for conservation and the preservation of natural wonders. Each memoir transports the reader to a different corner of the earth, offering a unique perspective on the diverse ecosystems explored. Muir's ability to connect with nature on a spiritual level elevates his writings to a form of ecological poetry, inspiring readers to reevaluate their relationship with the natural world. John Muir's deep reverence for the environment was born out of a life devoted to exploration and observation. As a seasoned naturalist, his firsthand experiences in the wilderness provided the foundation for his literary works. Through his commitment to environmental advocacy, Muir paved the way for the conservation movement in America, establishing himself as a pioneering figure in the field. His dedication to protecting wild spaces continues to resonate with readers today, reminding us of the importance of preserving our planet for future generations. For readers seeking an immersive journey into the heart of nature, John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs is a must-read. Whether you are a seasoned outdoors enthusiast or an armchair traveler, Muir's captivating narratives offer a profound insight into the beauty and majesty of the natural world. From the rugged peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the icy landscapes of Alaska, Muir's writings will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of our planet.

This carefully crafted ebook: "John Muir's Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails… (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. During his numerous travels across the North America John Muir left behind a several travel books and travel reports. In September 1867, Muir undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida, which he recounted in his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. He had no specific route chosen, except to go by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find. Upon coming to California Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. His hiking journeys through the mountains, valleys,forests andglaciersof Sierra are vividly described in books My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California. Muir also made four trips to Alaska and he documented these experiences in books Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin. Steep Trails is collection of Muir's papers written during his journeysover a period of twenty-nine years collected by William Frederic Badè. Table of Contents: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf My First Summer in the Sierra The Mountains of California Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Steep Trails John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountainsof California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

During his numerous travels across the North America John Muir left behind a several travel books and travel reports. In September 1867, Muir undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida, which he recounted in his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. He had no specific route chosen, except to go by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find. Upon coming to California Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. His hiking journeys through the mountains, valleys,forests andglaciersof Sierra are vividly described in books My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California. Muir also made four trips to Alaska and he documented these experiences in books Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin. Steep Trails is collection of Muir's papers written during his journeysover a period of twenty-nine years collected by William Frederic Badè. Table of Contents: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf My First Summer in the Sierra The Mountains of California Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Steep Trails John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountainsof California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

This carefully edited collection of John Muir has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all device. Table of Contents: Picturesque California The Mountains of California Our National Parks My First Summer in the Sierra The Yosemite Travels in Alaska Stickeen: The Story of a Dog The Cruise of the Corwin A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf Steep Trails Studies in the Sierra Articles and Speeches: The National Parks and Forest Reservations Save the Redwoods Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park A Rival of the Yosemite The Treasures of the Yosemite Yosemite Glaciers Yosemite in Winter Yosemite in Spring Edward Henry Harriman Edward Taylor Parsons The Hetch Hetchy Valley The Grand Cañon of the Colorado Autobiographical: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Letters to a Friend Tribute: Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

In early March 1867, Muir was injured while working at a wagon wheels factory: a tool he was using slipped and struck him in the eye. This accident changed the course of his life. He was confined to a darkened room for six weeks, worried he’d lost his sight forever. When he did recover, the world looked completely different and life had taken on a new meaning for him. Muir later said, "This affliction has driven me to the sweet fields. God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons." From that point on, he determined to "be true to myself" and follow his dream of exploring and studying plants. A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf recounts Muir's walk of approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Indiana to Florida. He did not follow a specific route, only going by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find." This journal is the earliest of Muir's writings and autobiographically bridges the period between "The Story of my Boyhood and Youth" and "My First Summer in the Sierra." John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American author and naturalist, who is traditionally considered to be the "Father of the National Parks". Born in Dunbar (East Lothian), he spent his childhood exploring the area, and that is where his love of nature first bloomed. In 1849, his family emigrated to Portage, Wisconsin for religious reasons. At 22, he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which he never graduated, as he preferred to take a multitude of different classes in the variety of subjects he was interested him, such as chemistry, botany and geology. In 1866, whilst working at an Indianapolis wagon wheel factory, he got into a serious accident and almost lost his sight. When he recovered, he decided to follow his dreams and explore nature. In September 1867, he walked from Kentucky to Florida, later describing the trip in his "A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf." In 1868, he boarded a ship to Cuba, then later on sailed to New York City, from whence he travelled to California. From there, he decided to visit Yosemite, which he had long read about. He was one of the first to infer that the landscape there must have been formed by glaciers, a widely disputed theory at the time. Muir wrote countless essays, books and letters recounting his adventures out in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, which have been read by millions. He played a vital role in the preservation of natural areas, and the creations of Yosemite and Sequoia National Park, amongst many others.

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. 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." He climbed a number of mountains, including Cathedral Peak and Mount Dana, and hiked the old Indian trail down Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake. He lived in the cabin for two years, and wrote about this period in his book My First Summer in the Sierra. John Muir (1838 - 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.

John Muir was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays and books concern his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, California; Muir’s activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. This comprehensive eBook presents Muir’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Muir’s life and works * Concise introductions to the books * All the nature books, with individual contents tables * Features rare works appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Features Muir’s Overland articles * Includes Muir’s autobiographies - spend hours following the author’s adventures * Special ‘Contextual Pieces’ section, with contemporary articles, reviews and essays evaluating Muir’s works * Features the seminal biography by William Frederic Badè * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA STICKEEN: AN ADVENTURE WITH A DOG AND A GLACIER OUR NATIONAL PARKS EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN THE YOSEMITE TRAVELS IN ALASKA LETTERS TO A FRIEND A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN STEEP TRAILS Newspaper Articles OVERLAND MONTHLY ARTICLES The Autobiographies MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA THE STORY OF MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH Contextual Pieces JOHN MUIR: CONTEXTUAL ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS ZANITA: A TALE OF THE YO-SEMITE by Thérèse Yelverton THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL AND ITS MESSAGE by Albert W. Palmer ALASKA DAYS WITH JOHN MUIR by S. Hall Young The Biography THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN MUIR by William Frederic Badè Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still popular today. His direct activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. His writings and philosophy strongly influenced the formation of the modern environmental movement. His works include Picturesque California (1888), The Mountains of California (1894), Our National Parks (1901), The Grand Canon of the Colorado (1902), Stickeen (1909), My First Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Yosemite (1912), The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913), Travels in Alaska (1915), Letters to a Friend (1915), Steep Trails (1918) and Studies in the Sierra (1950).

John Muir was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays and books concern his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, California; Muir’s activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. This comprehensive eBook presents Muir’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Muir’s life and works * Concise introductions to the books * All the nature books, with individual contents tables * Features rare works appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Features Muir’s Overland articles * Includes Muir’s autobiographies - spend hours following the author’s adventures * Special ‘Contextual Pieces’ section, with contemporary articles, reviews and essays evaluating Muir’s works * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: the biography by William Frederic Badè cannot appear in the edition due to copyright. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA STICKEEN: AN ADVENTURE WITH A DOG AND A GLACIER OUR NATIONAL PARKS EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN THE YOSEMITE TRAVELS IN ALASKA LETTERS TO A FRIEND A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN STEEP TRAILS Newspaper Articles OVERLAND MONTHLY ARTICLES The Autobiographies MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA THE STORY OF MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH Contextual Pieces JOHN MUIR: CONTEXTUAL ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS ZANITA: A TALE OF THE YO-SEMITE by Thérèse Yelverton THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL AND ITS MESSAGE by Albert W. Palmer ALASKA DAYS WITH JOHN MUIR by S. Hall Young Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Muir (1838-1914), also known as 'John of the Mountains' and 'Father of the National Parks', was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosoper, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the US. His activism helped preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas, and the Sierra Club, which he co-founded in 1892, remains a prominent conservation organization. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm for nature expressed in his writings has inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to preserve large nature areas. Muir's family emigrated from Scotland to the US in 1849, starting a farm in Portage, Wisconsin, and aged 22 Muir enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Although he never graduated he learned enough geology and botany to inform his later wanderings. In 1867 he undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Kentucky to Florida, which he recorded in a journal which was published posthumously in 1916. The book includes an introduction by Muir's literary executor and biographer, William Frederic Bade, who first met Muir through the Sierra Club, and is illustrated with a photographic portrait of Muir, a map of his journey and two of his sketches from the original journal.