Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index.
Review
This Pulitzer Prizeandndash;winning biography of John Muir is available once again in an updated paperback edition.
Synopsis
This Pulitzer Prize--winning biography of John Muir is available once again in an updated paperback edition. Working closely with Muir's family and with his papers, Linnie Marsh Wolfe was able to create a full portrait of her subject, not only as America's firebrand conservationist and founder of the national park system, but also as husband, father, and friend. All readers who have admired Muir's ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, and those who wish a greater appreciation for the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this splendid biography.
Synopsis
Working closely with Muirandrsquo;s family and with his papers, Wolfe was able to create a full portrait of her subject, not only as Americaandrsquo;s firebrand conservationist and founder of the national park system, but also as husband, father, and friend. All readers who have admired Muirandrsquo;s ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, and those who wish a greater appreciation for the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this splendid biography.
The story follows Muir from his ancestral home in Scotland, through his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, to his history-making pilgrimage to California.
This book, originally published in 1945 and based in large part on Wolfeandrsquo;s personal interviews with people who knew and worked with Muir, is one that could never be written again. It is, and will remain, the standard Muir biography.
About the Author
Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881andndash;1945) worked as both a teacher and a public librarian in California. She also edited John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir.