Travels in Alaska
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486816729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What's not to love? Marge Carter Descriptions of the stunning scenery of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and John Muir's reaction of it, are revealed in these newly published pages from his journals. This book is for anyone who loves nature and the descriptive writings of John Muir. Muir's travel to this area came toward the end of a life spent in the presence of natural beauty, yet he was still able to appreciate what he saw. This book adds even more to his stature as America's premier naturalist.. Travels With John: Better Than Ever 130 Years Later Travelling Alaska with John is to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, experience the response of a God-intoxicated man to almost unearthly splendor. Muir's passions were elemental: apprehending the Divine through an understanding of nature, and hence, the protection and preservation of this voice of the sublime.He travelled to Alaska five times over a 30 year period. This book, only completed a few years before his death, polishes the field notes of his earlier trips and offers almost unedited, his journals from the last journey. Muir's interests begin with geology, specifically how the U-shaped valleys of both . "Muir and Alaska" according to Richard T. Mahoney. The beauty of this wonderful reprinting is how it shows John Muir as a person, how it helps us to understand the dynamic and overwhelming beauty of Alaska, and the changes in the people of Alaska. Muir's complete, tireless, and joyful commitment to nature comes through on every page. The book unintentionally provides an excellent portrait of the kind of inexhaustible devotion it takes to change the world as did Muir. The book also provides a stunning portrait of Alaska in the latter part of the 19th Century and allows one to compare the Alaska of those days with Alaska of earlier times and of today. The big
. Take a trip to last century's Alaska through Muir's clean, easy-going, enthusiastic prose. He wrote the way he took pictures, with insight, attention, care and genuine feeling. It's a lovely look into a beautiful land and its inhabitants the way it used to be, told in a flowing narrative that is far less rushed than contemporary travel tales
The naturalist captures the region's grandeur and beauty with the same fervor he expressed for the Sierras, making this book a must for nature lovers and adventurous travelers.. Devoted to the preservation of wilderness areas, Muir founded the Sierra Club and was active in the establishment of Yosemite National Park. John Muir (1838–1914) ranks among America's most important and influential naturalists and nature writers. Muir's commentary ranges from observations on the geology of Glacier Bay to the history and culture of the Chinook people to his discovery of the great glacier subsequently named for him. This book, one of his most popular works, will delight environmentalists and nature lovers with its exuberant observations of Alaska and its inhabitants.Travels in Alaska offers a memorable travelogue, enhanced by photographic plates from the original 1915 publication