| The Mountains of California Contributor(s): Muir, John (Author), McKibben, Bill (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375758194 ISBN-13: 9780375758195 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life's work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation. Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance." The Mountains of California is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Mountains - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 508.794 |
| LCCN: 2001030486 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.28" W x 8.04" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mountains - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life's work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation. Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance." The Mountains of California is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition. |