John Muir first saw Alaska only twelve years after it was purchased from Russia by the United States. The year was 1879. Four more times he was drawn back to this northern land of glaciers. But it was his first impressions of the far north, his first adventures amid the rivers of ice, the time of his discovery of Glacier Bay and the largest of Alaska's tidal glaciers, now named in his honor, that returned most vividly to his mind when he set down...

The nineteenth-century naturalist describes his first visit to the High Sierra and the Yosemite

Our National Parks, reissued to encourage, and inspire travelers, campers, and contemporary naturalists, is as profound for readers today as it was in 1901. Take in John Muir's detailed observations of the sights, scents, sounds, and textures of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and forest reservations of the West. Be reminded, "Wildness is a necessity."

"A collection of essays exploring 29 years of beloved naturalist John Muir's life as he explored the West. Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its preservation. Steep Trails collects together his essays and letters written as he traveled through the West, capturing the personal, heartfelt connection he...

Surrounded by deep canyons of ice, John and a little black dog named Stickeen wonder-are they doomed?

"Like Muir himself, Essential Muir packs an astounding range of experience into a lithe frame: ecstatic yet scientific descriptions of Yosemite; the heartrending tale of that "wee, hairy, sleekit beastie," Stickeen; reflections on the society of Eskimos; Muir's touching tribute, after a lifetime of wonder, to the mighty baobob trees of Africa; and more. Fred D. White's selection from Muir's writings, and his illuminating commentary, reveal the coherence...