John Muir A Miscellany - Rucksack Editions

The tendency nowadays to wander in wilderness is delightful to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. The words could have been written yesterday, in any part of the world where people feel trapped by the excesses of modern life. John Muir's stature as a visionary leader was already on the rise on New Year's Day, 1898, when the above passage first appeared in print. Muir was president of the Sierra Club, which he had cofounded in San Francisco six years earlier. Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin had recently awarded him honorary degrees. Influential editors were encouraging him to share his ideas with a wider audience. Muir's reverence for nature and uncompromising integrity would ultimately play a vital role in awaken

ISBN:	9781903385586
Publisher:	Galileo Publishing
Imprint:	Galileo
Published date:	31 May 2017
DEWEY:	818.409
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	272
Weight:	218g
Height:	105mm
Width:	175mm
Spine width:	40mm

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