
The Mountains of California (Illustrated Edition)
By John MuirLength10h 1m
About this audiobook
The Mountains of California is Muir's tribute to the beauties of the Sierra. When he came to California and finally settled in San Francisco, John Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. Seeing it for the first time, Muir noted that "He was overwhelmed by the landscape, scrambling down steep cliff faces to get a closer look at the waterfalls, whooping and howling at the vistas, jumping tirelessly from flower to flower." He climbed a number of mountains, including Cathedral Peak and Mount Dana, and hiked the old Indian trail down Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake. He vividly described not only his journeys through the mountains, valleys and glaciers of Sierra, but also the nature and geology of the area.
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GenreBiography and Memoir, Travel
Length10 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Mountains of California (Illustrated Edition)
2Chapter 1. The Sierra Nevada
3Chapter 2. The Glaciers
4Chapter 3. The Snow
5Chapter 4. A Near View of the High Sierra
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6Chapter 5. The Passes
7Chapter 6. The Glacier Lakes
8Chapter 7. The Glacier Meadows
9Chapter 8. The Forests
10Chapter 9. The Douglas Squirrel
11Chapter 10. A Wind-storm in the Forests
12Chapter 11. The River Floods
13Chapter 12. Sierra Thunder-Storms
14Chapter 13. The Water-Ouzel
15Chapter 14. The Wild Sheep
16Chapter 15. In the Sierra Foot-Hills
17Chapter 16. The Bee-Pastures