Travels in Alaska (1915) by: John Muir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781543013344)

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.

Author: John Muir
ISBN-10: 1543013341
ISBN-13: 9781543013344
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2017
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.29d