Description
* Muir is most likely the nation’s greatest conservationist
* His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West’s greatest natural treasures
The name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to face for the security of wilderness both in the US and in another country. It is a choice of his eight so much influential works in a single volume. The gathering represents the lifelong relationship between the landscape and an inspirational architect of the conservation movement. Arranged within the order of Muir’s life are: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer within the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Our National Parks, The Yosemite, Travels in Alaska, and Steep Trails.