A Passion for Nature The Life of John Muir
by Worster, DonaldFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-10-21
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
In Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. Based on Muir's full private correspondence, it is full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man.Oxford University Press
Author Biography
David Worster is Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas and the author of many books, including A River Running West (OUP 2000); The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination (OUP 1993); and Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West (OUP 1993),
Table of Contents
| Prologue: Muir's Trail | p. 3 |
| The Scottish Lowlands | p. 13 |
| "That Glorious Wisconsin Wilderness" | p. 42 |
| Climbing the Ice Mountain | p. 67 |
| Border Crossings | p. 92 |
| The Long Walk | p. 118 |
| Paradise Found | p. 149 |
| The Higher Peaks | p. 181 |
| Coming in from the Cold | p. 216 |
| The Shores of Alaska | p. 246 |
| Husbandry | p. 276 |
| A Call to Lead | p. 305 |
| The Company of Green Men | p. 332 |
| Earthquakes | p. 366 |
| The Troubled Nature of Wealth | p. 401 |
| Epilogue: "Slight Progress Heavenward" | p. 454 |
| Notes | p. 467 |
| Bibliography | p. 494 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 509 |
| Index | p. 511 |
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