| Travels in Alaska Revised Edition Contributor(s): Muir, John (Author), Hoagland, Edward (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375760490 ISBN-13: 9780375760495 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in "Travels in Alaska, a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, "A century and a quarter later, we are reading [Muir's] account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains." This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002072247 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.18" W x 8.02" (0.44 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Ecology |
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| Publisher Description: In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in Travels in Alaska, a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, "A century and a quarter later, we are reading Muir's] account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains." This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition. |