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The Mountains of California (Modern Library Classics)

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When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his lifes work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.

Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance."

The Mountains of California is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition.

Synopsis:

Like the romantic poets and transcendentalists before him, John Muir approaches nature with a deep sense of wonder and of the sublime.

When Muir travelled west from Wisconsin to California he found the pristine mountain ranges that inspired his life's work. He spent ten years in the Sierra Nevadas, studying the terrain and meticulously recording his findings. With great care and contemplation, he relays his observations of the crags, creeks, trees, and valleys that make the famed mountain range so stunning and so memorable.

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About the Author

Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, The Age of Missing Information, and Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously, among other books. He lives in upstate New York.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375758195
Introduction:
McKibben, Bill
Publisher:
Modern Library
Introduction by:
McKibben, Bill
Introduction:
McKibben, Bill
Author:
Muir, John
Author:
McKibben, Bill
Location:
New York
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Mountains
Subject:
Natural history
Subject:
Mountain ecology
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
Natural history -- California.
Subject:
Mountain ecology -- California.
Subject:
Ecosystems & Habitats - Mountains
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Biology-Reference
Copyright:
2001
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Modern Library Classics
Series Volume:
20, 3/4
Publication Date:
20010931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
53 BandW ILLUSTRATIONS
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
8 x 5.19 x 0.67 in 0.5 lb
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"Synopsis" by , Like the romantic poets and transcendentalists before him, John Muir approaches nature with a deep sense of wonder and of the sublime.

When Muir travelled west from Wisconsin to California he found the pristine mountain ranges that inspired his life's work. He spent ten years in the Sierra Nevadas, studying the terrain and meticulously recording his findings. With great care and contemplation, he relays his observations of the crags, creeks, trees, and valleys that make the famed mountain range so stunning and so memorable.

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