The Life and Letters of John Muir, Volume 2: (Annotated and Illustrated)

Description

• Annotated for historical context and featuring a foreword from Mike Wurtz, Curator of John Muir’s Grand Yosemite: Musings and Sketches and Head of the University of the Pacific’s Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives – home of the largest collection of John Muir’s writings.
• The book is illustrated by Jonathan Machen, an artist who explores the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, where Muir often wandered.
• Epilogue by Harold W. Wood, Jr., Harold has been a wilderness preservation advocate and an independent Muir scholar for over 50 years, writing, editing, and curating multiple Muir-related websites over the years.
• The book includes a timeline of Muir’s life, providing historical context for his spiritual views and writing.

The Life and Letters of John Muir, Volume 2 is the second volume of John Muir’s letters, written by a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States. The letters in this volume cover the period from 1873 to 1903 and provide additional insight into Muir’s thoughts, experiences, and the development of his beliefs about the natural world. Like the first volume, this book also includes biographical narrative to provide context for the letters. Together, the two volumes offer a detailed look at the life and thoughts of John Muir and are an important resource for anyone interested in his life and work.

William Frederic Badè

The editor and author, William Frederic Badè, was an American clergyman, historian, and author. He is best known for his work as the editor of The Life and Letters of John Muir, a two-volume set that collects letters written by John Muir during the most exuberant period of his life, from 1868 to 1903. Badè also wrote several other books, including The Life of Jesus, The Life of St. Paul, and The Life of Abraham Lincoln. He was born in 1871 and died in 1936.

John Muir

John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. He is best known for his work as a conservationist and his writings on the natural world, which have inspired countless people to appreciate and protect the environment. Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland in 1838 and emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 11 years old. He spent much of his life exploring and studying the wilderness, particularly in California and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Muir is often referred to as the “father of the national parks,” as his efforts played a key role in the creation of many of the protected areas in the United States. He co-founded the Sierra Club, a prominent environmental advocacy organization, and his writings, including My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California, continue to be widely read and admired. Muir died in 1914 at the age of 76.

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