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During John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is given major credit for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. Edwin Way Teale has collected here the best of Muir's writing, selected from all of his major works, including MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA and TRAVELS IN ALASKA. THE WILDERNESS WORLD OF JOHN MUIR provides "reading that is often magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).
This admiringly edited volume is especially welcome... Here is a substantial selection including may of his greatest passages.
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Lew Doobay
reviewed The Wilderness World of John Muir on March 11, 2013 The Wilderness World of John Muir
One of my favorite quotes is from John Muir.
"The mountains are calling and I must go."
This is on a sticker that is on my hiking water bottle and it is the clarion call that rallies us for our annual vacation in Colorado. And though I love the quote, I had never read anything by Muir. This book was my introduction, it did not disappoint.
A few thoughts on Muir. First, he was a very good story teller and a great thinker. My favorite story from this collection was "Stickeen," the tale of Muir, a little dog, and a day on a glacier. Secondly, his adventures are mind boggling considering there were no expedition teams, supplies, safety equipment, etc. The plans and gear were absent from his trips to the back-country. He would simply set out with his notebook and a little bread. Thirdly, I believe his philosophy would be of great benefit in our frazzled world of today. Another of his quotes, "In God's wildness lies the hope of the world - the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and the wounds heal ere we are aware."
My dog-ears and highlights:
pg. 144 - the glorious beauty and glorious power of Ililouette Falls; the sound of rushing water!
pg. 163 - Muir tries to convince Emerson to go up into the wild; Emerson longed to go but his "handlers" would not let him
pg. 231 Any Fool Can Destroy a Tree (how many trees were bulldozed for the sake of a housing development or shopping center while I read this book???)
pg. 277 - Stickeen!
pg. 318 - "one day's exposure to the mountains..."
pg. 320 - compulsory recreation for the masses!
Now on to "The Wild Muir." I can't wait...would like to read it while deep in the back-country of Colorado but will probably have to settle for some Texas Wilderness.
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