John Muir

My First Summer in the Sierra


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The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake an…

Travels in Alaska


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In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …

The Yosemite


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John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf


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Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness…

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth


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"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…

Steep Trails


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A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …

The Mountains of California


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John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …

Stickeen


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A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879


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When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…

Our National Parks


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This book is a collection of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine and gathered into book form in 1901. The focus here i…

The Grand Cañon of the Colorado


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Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…

Coffee Break Collection 032 - Wilderness


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This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

The Good Dog Book


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A collection of adult stories and poems - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Most of these selections contain v…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082


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"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…