Travels in Alaska
by Muir, John

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Travels in Alaska: John Muir first saw Alaska in 1879, only twelve years after it was purchased from Russia by the United States. Four more times, in 1880, 1881, 1890, and 1899, he was drawn back to this land of rivers and glaciers, sunsets and northern lights, campfires and Arctic stars. Few people have lived so many adventures, yet Muir was not a mere collector of adventure; the hazards he encountered – and many were spine-tingling -came as a result of his intense desire to examine new aspects of the natural world.

Founder of the Sierra Club, and its president until his death, discoverer of Glacier Bay and the largest of Alaska's tidal glaciers, Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to “throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump over the back fence.” In a world confronting the deterioration of the natural environment and an ever-quickening pace of life, the attraction of Muir's writing has never been greater.

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ISBN-10:	0395901480
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780395901489
Author:	Muir, John
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin New York
Publication Date:	5/1998
Pages:	324 pages
Size/Dimensions:	1.0 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Binding:	Paperback