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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. First published in 1901, this classic collection of nature writing is best introduced by the famed naturalist himself, who writes in the Preface: "In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure." Chapters include: The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West, The Yellowstone National Park, The Yosemite National Park, Among the Animals of The Yosemite, The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, The American Forests, and much more. A treasure. (Book Description) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:John Muir (1838??1914) ranks among America's most important and influential environmentalists and nature writers. Devoted to the preservation of wilderness areas, Muir founded the Sierra Club and was active in the establishment of Yosemite National Park. Our National Parks, originally published in 1901, includes ten articles that previously appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. Muir wrote them in hopes of exciting interest in the parks, certain that visitors would fall in love with the scenic grandeur as he had??and that their enthusiasm would ensure the parks' preservation. Six of this volume's ten chapters are devoted to Muir's beloved Yosemite, exploring the forests, fountains, streams, and animals of the Sierra Nevada. The great naturalist also visits the meadows, geysers, waterfalls, and lakes of other parks, including Yellowstone, Sequoia, and General Grant. Muir's warmth and humor brighten every page, and vintage photographs provide atmospheric accompaniment to his words. These essays are essential reading for anyone wishing to visit (or revisit) the national parks of the Western United States as well as those who want to help protect America??s wilderne No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Green cloth with gilt and black pictorial decoration, gilt lettering on spine and front cover, teg, not faded. 12 tipped in illustrated plates, incl. map. Clean, binding tight, no marks or foxing. Top corners bumped, minor separation at page 87 where photo was originally tipped in with slight gap. Small chip at upper front edge of rear index page.
Chapters: *The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West. *The Yellowstone National Park. *The Yosemite National Park. *The Forests of the Yosemite Park. *The Wild Gardens of the Yosemite Park. *Among the Animals of the Yosemite. *Among the Birds of the Yosemite. *The Fountains and Streams of the Yosemite National Park. *The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. *The American Forests. Composed of articles previously published in The Atlantic Monthly. Kimes 237