The Mountains of California de John Muir

The Mountains of California

John Muir

Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape. Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the main central portion displays only one valley, and two chains of mountains which seem almost perfectly regular in trend and height: the Coast Range on the west side, the Sierra Nevada on the east. These two ranges coming together in curves on the north and south inclose a magnificent basin, with a level floor more than 400 miles long, and from 35 to 60 miles wide.

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Paperback (13)

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51^.79 lei 22-36 zile

–

71^.63 lei 22-36 zile

Vertebrate Publishing – 11 oct 2018

88^.29 lei 22-36 zile

KUPERARD (BRAVO LTD) – 11 aug 2001

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+10^.24 lei 5-11 zile

Dover Publications Inc. – 31 dec 2017

103^.61 lei 22-36 zile

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

115^.66 lei 22-36 zile

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116^.31 lei 22-36 zile

Digireads.com – 27 mai 2020

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Penguin Books – 31 mar 2008

93^.75 lei 43-57 zile

Merchant Books – 4 oct 2009

106^.04 lei 38-44 zile

Binker North – 4 feb 2024

106^.85 lei 43-57 zile

Blurb – oct 2019

118^.74 lei 43-57 zile

TREDITION CLASSICS – 30 noi 2011

182^.18 lei 43-57 zile

Hardback (1)

158^.36 lei 43-57 zile

Binker North – 28 feb 1882

158^.36 lei 43-57 zile

Notă biografică

John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor.[2] Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130 mile long distance route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas. He is today referred to as the "Father of the National Parks" and the National Park Service has produced a short documentary about his life. Muir has been considered 'an inspiration to both Scots and Americans'. Muir's biographer, Steven J. Holmes, believes that Muir has become "one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity," both political and recreational. As a result, his writings are commonly discussed in books and journals, and he is often quoted by nature photographers such as Ansel Adams. "Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world," writes Holmes. Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and religious prophet, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for countless individuals, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness. According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth",[ while biographer Donald Worster says he believed his mission was "...saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism.":403 On April 21, 2013, the first ever John Muir Day was celebrated in Scotland, which marked the 175th anniversary of his birth, paying homage to the conservationist.