Travels in Alaska
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486816729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"What's not to love?" according to 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. Travels With John: Better Than Ever 130 Years Later Owl 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.H. Muir and Alaska 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
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.
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. 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.. 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 tr