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Title

  • The mountains of California

Summary

  • Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. One of the heroes of America's conservation movement, Muir deserves much of the credit for making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alerting Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders. The mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to the beauties of the Sierras. He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through the mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological and natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, the patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals and insects. While Yosemite naturally receives great attention, Muir also expounds on less well known beauty spots.

Names

  • Muir, John, 1838-1914

Created / Published

  • New York : The Century Co., 1894.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-07 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 p.l., ix-xiii p., 1 l., 381 p. : front., illus. (incl. maps.) ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F866 .M95

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000874

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image
  • online text

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Muir, John. The mountains of California. New York: The Century Co, 1894. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000874/.

APA citation style:

Muir, J. (1894) The mountains of California. New York: The Century Co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000874/.

MLA citation style:

Muir, John. The mountains of California. New York: The Century Co, 1894. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01000874/>.