Bibliograph

The wild Muir, twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures, selected and introduced by Lee Stetson ; illustrated by Fiona King

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The wild Muir, twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures, selected and introduced by Lee Stetson ; illustrated by Fiona King

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wild Muir

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

30783161

Responsibility statement

selected and introduced by Lee Stetson ; illustrated by Fiona King

Sub title

twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures

Summary

An entertaining collection of John Muir's most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. Each adventure has been selected to show the extent to which Muir courted and faced danger, i.e. lived "wildly," throughout his life. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent riding out a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman's exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying and outrageous.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Good scootchers -- Near drowning -- At the bottom of the well -- Blind! -- Fever! -- The brink of the Yosemite Fall -- An interview with a bear -- In the midst of the Yosemite Fall -- Climbing the ice cone -- The snow avalanche ride -- Rattlesnakes -- The earthquake -- The ascent of Mount Ritter -- A geologist's winter walk -- The tree ride -- A perilous night on Mount Shasta -- Mono Lake windstorm -- Thirst -- The rescue on Glenora Peak -- Stickeen -- A sled trip on the Muir Glacier -- Nearly crushed by an iceberg -- Milestones in the life of John Muir

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