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)
Across Wild AmericaBy John Muir
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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.
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Table of contents
1John 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)
56Chapter XV. From Taku River to Taylor Bay
2INTRODUCTION
57Chapter XVI. Glacier Bay
3CHAPTER I. KENTUCKY FORESTS AND CAVES
58Part III. The Trip of 1890
4CHAPTER II. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains
59Chapter XVII. In Camp at Glacier Bay
5CHAPTER III. THROUGH THE RIVER COUNTRY OF GEORGIA
60Chapter XVIII. My Sled-Trip on the Muir Glacier
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6CHAPTER IV. CAMPING AMONG THE TOMBS
61Chapter XIX. Auroras
7CHAPTER V. THROUGH FLORIDA SWAMPS AND FORESTS
62Glossary of Words in the Chinook Jargon
8CHAPTER VI. CEDAR KEYS
63Introduction
9CHAPTER VII. A SOJOURN IN CUBA
64Chapter I. Unalaska and the Aleuts
10CHAPTER VIII. BY A CROOKED ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA
65Chapter II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea
11CHAPTER IX. TWENTY HILL HOLLOW[1]
66Chapter III. Siberian Adventures
12CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS WITH A FLOCK OF SHEEP
67Chapter IV. In Peril from the Pack
13CHAPTER II. IN CAMP ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED
68Chapter V. A Chukchi Orator
14CHAPTER III. A BREAD FAMINE
69Chapter VI. Eskimos and Walrus
15CHAPTER IV. TO THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
70Chapter VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael
16CHAPTER V. THE YOSEMITE
71Chapter VIII. Return of the Search Party
17CHAPTER VI. MOUNT HOFFMAN AND LAKE TENAYA
72Chapter IX. Villages of the Dead
18CHAPTER VII. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE
73Chapter X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra
19CHAPTER VIII. THE MONO TRAIL
74Chapter XI. Caribou and a Native Fair
20CHAPTER IX. BLOODY CAÑON AND MONO LAKE
75Chapter XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack
21CHAPTER X. THE TUOLUMNE CAMP
76Chapter XIII. First Ascent of Herald Island
22CHAPTER XI. BACK TO THE LOWLANDS
77Chapter XIV. Approaching a Myserious Land
23Chapter 1. The Sierra Nevada
78Chapter XV. The Land of the White Bear
24Chapter 2. The Glaciers
79Chapter XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet
25Chapter 3. The Snow
80Chapter XVII. Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition
26Chapter 4. A Near View of the High Sierra
81Chapter XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd
27Chapter 5. The Passes
82Chapter XIX. Turned Back by Storms and Ice
28Chapter 6. The Glacier Lakes
83Chapter XX. Homeward Bound
29Chapter 7. The Glacier Meadows
84Appendix I. The Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited during the Cruise
30Chapter 8. The Forests
85Appendix II. Botanical Notes
31Chapter 9. The Douglas Squirrel
86EDITOR'S NOTE
32Chapter 10. A Wind-storm in the Forests
87I. WILD WOOL
33Chapter 11. The River Floods
88II. A Geologist's Winter Walk3
34Chapter 12. Sierra Thunder-Storms
89III. Summer Days at Mount Shasta
35Chapter 13. The Water-Ouzel
90IV. A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit
36Chapter 14. The Wild Sheep
91V. Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories
37Chapter 15. In the Sierra Foot-Hills
92VI. The City of the Saints8
38Chapter 16. The Bee-Pastures
93VII. A Great Storm in Utah9
39Preface
94VIII. Bathing in Salt Lake10
40Part I. The Trip of 1879
95IX. Mormon Lilies11
41Chapter I. Puget Sound and British Columbia
96X. The San Gabriel Valley12
42Chapter II. Alexander Archipelago and the Home I found in Alaska
97XI. The San Gabriel Mountains13
43Chapter III. Wrangell Island and Alaska Summers
98XII. Nevada Farms15
44Chapter IV. The Stickeen River
99XIII. Nevada Forests17
45Chapter V. A Cruise in the Cassiar
100XIV. Nevada's Timber Belt19
46Chapter VI. The Cassiar Trail
101XV. Glacial Phenomena in Nevada20
47Chapter VII. Glenora Peak
102XVI. Nevada's Dead Towns21
48Chapter VIII. Exploration of the Stickeen Glaciers
103XVII. Puget Sound
49Chapter IX. A Canoe Voyage to Northward
104XVIII. The Forests of Washington
50Chapter X. The Discovery of Glacier Bay
105XIX. People and Towns of Puget Sound
51Chapter XI. The Country of the Chilcats
106XX. An Ascent of Mount Rainier
52Chapter XII. The Return to Fort Wrangell
107XXI. The Physical and Climatic Characteristics of Oregon
53Chapter XIII. Alaska Indians
108XXII. The Forests of Oregon and their Inhabitants
54Part II. The Trip of 1880
109XXIII. The Rivers of Oregon
55Chapter XIV. Sum Dum Bay
110XXIV. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado
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