The best of John Muir -- 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time -- natur

A biography of the man known as "father of America's national parks" and an influential conservationist, told in the first person, using Muir's own words.

"I am now writing up some notes, but when they will be ready for publication I do not know... It will be a long time before anything is arranged in book form."

Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir’s most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the ri

A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into th