The Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated Edition)

The Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated Edition)

Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & LettersBy John Muir
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This meticulously edited book brings you the complete works of an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America, known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks". This exceptional collection is comprised of Muir's travel memoirs, wilderness essays, environmental studies and personal letters. Contents: Books 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 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 Autobiography The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Letters to a Friend Tribute Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

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GenreTravel, Biography and Memoir
Length94 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated Edition)
102Chapter I. Unalaska and the Aleuts
2Books
103Chapter II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea
3I. Peaks and Glaciers of the High Sierra
104Chapter III. Siberian Adventures
4II. The Passes of the High Sierra
105Chapter IV. In Peril from the Pack
5III. The Yosemite Valley
106Chapter V. A Chukchi Orator
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6IV. Mount Shasta
107Chapter VI. Eskimos and Walrus
71) Summer Days at Mount Shasta
108Chapter VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael
82) A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit
109Chapter VIII. Return of the Search Party
93) Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories
110Chapter IX. Villages of the Dead
10V. Washington and the Puget Sound
111Chapter X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra
111) Puget Sound
112Chapter XI. Caribou and a Native Fair
122) The Forests of Washington
113Chapter XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack
133) People and Towns of Puget Sound
114Chapter XIII. First Ascent of Herald Island
144) An Ascent of Mount Rainier
115Chapter XIV. Approaching a Myserious Land
15VI. The Basin of the Columbia River
116Chapter XV. The Land of the White Bear
161) The Physical and Climatic Characteristics of Oregon
117Chapter XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet
172) The Forests of Oregon and their Inhabitants
118Chapter XVII. Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition
183) The Rivers of Oregon
119Chapter XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd
19Chapter 1. The Sierra Nevada
120Chapter XIX. Turned Back by Storms and Ice
20Chapter 2. The Glaciers
121Chapter XX. Homeward Bound
21Chapter 3. The Snow
122Appendix I. The Glaciation of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions Visited during the Cruise
22Chapter 4. A Near View of the High Sierra
123Appendix II. Botanical Notes
23Chapter 5. The Passes
124INTRODUCTION
24Chapter 6. The Glacier Lakes
125CHAPTER I. KENTUCKY FORESTS AND CAVES
25Chapter 7. The Glacier Meadows
126CHAPTER II. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains
26Chapter 8. The Forests
127CHAPTER III. THROUGH THE RIVER COUNTRY OF GEORGIA
27Chapter 9. The Douglas Squirrel
128CHAPTER IV. CAMPING AMONG THE TOMBS
28Chapter 10. A Wind-storm in the Forests
129CHAPTER V. THROUGH FLORIDA SWAMPS AND FORESTS
29Chapter 11. The River Floods
130CHAPTER VI. CEDAR KEYS
30Chapter 12. Sierra Thunder-Storms
131CHAPTER VII. A SOJOURN IN CUBA
31Chapter 13. The Water-Ouzel
132CHAPTER VIII. BY A CROOKED ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA
32Chapter 14. The Wild Sheep
133CHAPTER IX. TWENTY HILL HOLLOW[1]
33Chapter 15. In the Sierra Foot-Hills
134STEEP TRAILS
34Chapter 16. The Bee-Pastures
135EDITOR'S NOTE
35Preface
136I. WILD WOOL
36Chapter I. The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West
137II. A Geologist's Winter Walk3
37Chapter II. The Yellowstone National Park
138III. Summer Days at Mount Shasta
38Chapter III. The Yosemite National Park
139IV. A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit
39Chapter IV. The Forests of the Yosemite Park
140V. Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories
40Chapter V. The Wild Gardens of the Yosemite Park
141VI. The City of the Saints8
41Chapter VI. Among the Animals of the Yosemite
142VII. A Great Storm in Utah9
42Chapter VII. Among the Birds of the Yosemite
143VIII. Bathing in Salt Lake10
43Chapter VIII. The Fountains and Streams of the Yosemite National Park
144IX. Mormon Lilies11
44Chapter IX. The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
145X. The San Gabriel Valley12
45Chapter X. The American Forests
146XI. The San Gabriel Mountains13
46CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS WITH A FLOCK OF SHEEP
147XII. Nevada Farms15
47CHAPTER II. IN CAMP ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED
148XIII. Nevada Forests17
48CHAPTER III. A BREAD FAMINE
149XIV. Nevada's Timber Belt19
49CHAPTER IV. TO THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
150XV. Glacial Phenomena in Nevada20
50CHAPTER V. THE YOSEMITE
151XVI. Nevada's Dead Towns21
51CHAPTER VI. MOUNT HOFFMAN AND LAKE TENAYA
152XVII. Puget Sound
52CHAPTER VII. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE
153XVIII. The Forests of Washington
53CHAPTER VIII. THE MONO TRAIL
154XIX. People and Towns of Puget Sound
54CHAPTER IX. BLOODY CAÑON AND MONO LAKE
155XX. An Ascent of Mount Rainier
55CHAPTER X. THE TUOLUMNE CAMP
156XXI. The Physical and Climatic Characteristics of Oregon
56CHAPTER XI. BACK TO THE LOWLANDS
157XXII. The Forests of Oregon and their Inhabitants
57Chapter 1. The Approach to the Valley
158XXIII. The Rivers of Oregon
58Chapter 2. Winter Storms and Spring Floods
159XXIV. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado
59Chapter 3. Snow-Storms
160I. Mountain Sculpture
60Chapter 4. Snow Banners
161II. Mountain Sculpture Origin of Yosemite Valleys
61Chapter 5. The Trees of the Valley
162III. Ancient Glaciers and Their Pathways
62Chapter 6. The Forest Trees in General
163IV. Glacial Denudation
63Chapter 7. The Big Trees
164V. Post-Glacial Denudation
64Chapter 8. The Flowers
165VI. Formation of Soils
65Chapter 9. The Birds
166VII. Mountain-Building
66Chapter 10. The South Dome
167Articles and Speeches
67Chapter 11. The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley Was Formed
168THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FOREST RESERVATIONS
68Chapter 12. How Best to Spend One's Yosemite Time
169SAVE THE REDWOODS
69Chapter 13. Early History Of The Valley
170SNOW-STORM ON MOUNT SHASTA
70Chapter 14. Lamon
171FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
71Chapter 15. Galen Clark
172A RIVAL OF THE YOSEMITE
72Chapter 16. Hetch Hetchy Valley
173THE TREASURES OF THE YOSEMITE
73Appendix A. Legislation About the Yosemite
174YOSEMITE GLACIERS
74Appendix B. Table of Distances
175YOSEMITE IN WINTER
75Appendix C. Maximum Rates for Transportation
176YOSEMITE IN SPRING
76Preface
177EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN
77Part I. The Trip of 1879
178EDWARD TAYLOR PARSONS
78Chapter I. Puget Sound and British Columbia
179THE HETCH HETCHY VALLEY
79Chapter II. Alexander Archipelago and the Home I found in Alaska
180THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO
80Chapter III. Wrangell Island and Alaska Summers
181Autobiography
81Chapter IV. The Stickeen River
182I. A BOYHOOD IN SCOTLAND
82Chapter V. A Cruise in the Cassiar
183II. A NEW WORLD
83Chapter VI. The Cassiar Trail
184III. LIFE ON A WISCONSIN FARM
84Chapter VII. Glenora Peak
185IV. A PARADISE OF BIRDS
85Chapter VIII. Exploration of the Stickeen Glaciers
186V. YOUNG HUNTERS
86Chapter IX. A Canoe Voyage to Northward
187VI. THE PLOUGHBOY
87Chapter X. The Discovery of Glacier Bay
188VII. KNOWLEDGE AND INVENTIONS
88Chapter XI. The Country of the Chilcats
189VIII. THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSITY
89Chapter XII. The Return to Fort Wrangell
190Letters
90Chapter XIII. Alaska Indians
191LETTERS TO A FRIEND (pt. 1)
91Part II. The Trip of 1880
192LETTERS TO A FRIEND (pt. 2)
92Chapter XIV. Sum Dum Bay
193Tribute
93Chapter XV. From Taku River to Taylor Bay
194ALASKA DAYS WITH JOHN MUIR by Samuel Hall Young
94Chapter XVI. Glacier Bay
195I. THE MOUNTAIN
95Part III. The Trip of 1890
196II. THE RESCUE
96Chapter XVII. In Camp at Glacier Bay
197III. THE VOYAGE
97Chapter XVIII. My Sled-Trip on the Muir Glacier
198IV. THE DISCOVERY
98Chapter XIX. Auroras
199V. THE LOST GLACIER
99Glossary of Words in the Chinook Jargon
200VI. THE DOG AND THE MAN
100STICKEEN: THE STORY OF A DOG
201VII. THE MAN IN PERSPECTIVE
101Introduction
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