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About John Muir
Scottish-born American naturalist and writer
John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist and writer, active in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as an early and influential voice for preserving wilderness in the United States. Muir also worked as an environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, and glaciologist. He is associated with the names “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks,” titles that reflect his lasting role in shaping wilderness preservation and the language around it.
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- “Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ign…”John Muir
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- “Going to the woods is going home.”John Muir
- “Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know n…”John Muir
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Books by John Muir
The mountains of California
1894
The story of my boyhood and youth
1913
Steep Trails
2004
John Muir
2000
A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf
1916