John Muir (1) (1838–1914)
Author of My First Summer in the Sierra
About the Author
The naturalist John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. When he was 11 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and lived on a Wisconsin farm, where he had to work hard for long hours. He would rise as early as one o'clock in the morning in order to have time to study. At the urging show more of friends, he took some inventions he had made to a fair in Madison, Wisconsin. This trip resulted in his attending the University of Wisconsin. After four years in school, he began the travels that eventually took him around the world. Muir's inventing career came to an abrupt end in 1867, when he lost an eye in an accident while working on one of his mechanical inventions. Thereafter, he focused his attention on natural history, exploring the American West, especially the Yosemite region of California. Muir traveled primarily on foot carrying only a minimum amount of food and a bedroll. In 1880 Muir married Louie Strentzel, the daughter of an Austrian who began the fruit and wine industry in California. One of the first explorers to postulate the role of glaciers in forming the Yosemite Valley, Muir also discovered a glacier in Alaska that later was named for him. His lively descriptions of many of the natural areas of the United States contributed to the founding of Yosemite National Park in 1890. His urge to preserve these areas for posterity led to his founding of the Sierra Club in 1892. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by John Muir
America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams With the Writings of John Muir (1993) 90 copies, 2 reviews
Selected Writings of John Muir: Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams (Everyman's Library Classics Series) (2017) 34 copies
John Muir's Last Journey: South To The Amazon And East To Africa: Unpublished Journals And Selected Correspondence… (2001) 31 copies
John Muir's longest walk: John Earl, a photographer, traces his journey to Florida ; with excerpts from John… (1975) 18 copies, 2 reviews
Collected Works of John Muir, Naturalist (complete and unabridged), including: The Mountains of California (illustrated… (2012) 10 copies
John Muir Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated):… (2015) 7 copies
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico (1888) 6 copies
A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf - Legacy Edition: A Great Hike To The Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, And The Atlantic Ocean… (2020) 4 copies
The Yosemite - Legacy Edition: Celebrating The Yosemite Valley’s Majesty, Natural History, And Places Worth Visiting… (2020) 4 copies
Alaska — Author — 3 copies
Forêts dans la tempête: et autres colères de la nature (Petite Bibliothèque Payot t. 1093) (2019) 2 copies
The Incredible Travel Tales of John Muir (Illustrated Edition): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the… (2017) 2 copies
YOSEMITE by John Muir (Illustrated Edition): The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite… (2015) 2 copies
The story of my boyhood and youth ; and, A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf (The writings of John Muir) (1916) 2 copies
John Muir's Book Collection: The Story of my Boyhood and Youth; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; The Grand… (2009) 2 copies
Afoot to Yosemite : a sketch 2 copies
The Sierra Bears 1 copy
Mount Rainier 1 copy
Son of the Wilderness 1 copy
From the Eagle's Wing 1 copy
John Muir's America 1 copy
Muir 1 copy
Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen… (2019) 1 copy
JOHN MUIR: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Illustrated Edition): The Memoirs of the… (2017) 1 copy
THE ALASKA ROUTE: The Cruise of the Corwin, Travels in Alaska, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated… (2017) 1 copy
CALIFORNIA by John Muir: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The… (2017) 1 copy
JOHN MUIR: Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies, Memoirs & Letters (With Original Illustrations): Picturesque… (2017) 1 copy
Complete Works of John Muir 1 copy
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 1 1 copy
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 4 1 copy
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 5 1 copy
Picturesque California and the region west of the Rocky mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, Div. 8 1 copy
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MUIR 1 copy
Associated Works
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributor — 92 copies
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1972) — Contributor — 61 copies
America's Great Wilderness: In the words of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, John Burroughs, Theodore Roosevelt, Stewart (1976) — Contributor — 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1978 — Contributor — 3 copies
How dogs tamed us (Includes Stickeen by John Muir) — Contributor — 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1978 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- John Muir
- Other names
- Muir, John
- Birthdate
- 1838-04-21
- Date of death
- 1914-12-24
- Burial location
- Muir-Strentzel Hanna Cemetery, Martinez, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Portage, Wisconsin, USA
Oakland, California, USA
Martinez, California, USA - Education
- University of Wisconsin
- Occupations
- Engineer
Naturalist
Writer
Botanist
Environmental activist
Geologist - Organizations
- Sierra Club (Founder)
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1898])
Transcendentalism - Awards and honors
- California Hall of Fame (2006)
Members
Discussions
I am so new and, well, what about John Muir? in Legacy Libraries (June 2011)
Reviews
Travels in Alaska by John Muir
A waste of trees and tangential resources. The pictures are kinda Artsy, showing the man and the trees, grasses, etc, become one. The quotes are lovely. But read this instead: [b:America's Wilderness: The Photographs Of Ansel Adams With The Writings Of John Muir|327014|America's Wilderness The Photographs Of Ansel Adams With The Writings Of John Muir|John Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1173775138l/327014._SX50_.jpg|317655]. Or one of the other dozens of biographies of the man, or one of the many books he wrote himself.
The lack of back matter in a new* book is especially concerning, as Muir was not a saint and nor is the Sierra Club. Just ask the members of the Native nations that lived in the Yosemite region before this white man came.
*By now every publisher of books for children must know how important bibliographies, notes, etc. are.… (more)
The lack of back matter in a new* book is especially concerning, as Muir was not a saint and nor is the Sierra Club. Just ask the members of the Native nations that lived in the Yosemite region before this white man came.
*By now every publisher of books for children must know how important bibliographies, notes, etc. are.… (more)
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