Book/Printed Material Our national parks,

Title

• Our national parks,

Summary

• This collection of essays went through a dozen printings and established Muir's national reputation as the great philosopher-defender of wilderness, the man who did as much as anyone to influence and articulate the wilderness-preservation movement, the climate of sentiment which led to the creation of the national park system. The book's opening chapter includes an eloquent summary of the psychological value of the wilderness experience for contemporary Americans, while the final chapter's exhortations on the need to protect America's forests include some of the best-known passages in Muir's writings. American Memory.

Names

• Muir, John, 1838-1914

Created / Published

• Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company, 1901.

Contents

• The wild parks and forest reservations of the west.--The Yellowstone national park.--The Yosemite national park.--The forests of the Yosemite park.--The wild gardens of the Yosemite park.--Among the animals of the Yosemite.--Among the birds of the Yosemite.--The fountains and streams of the Yosemite national park.--The Sequoia and General Grant national parks.--The Anerican forests.

Headings

• -  National parks and reserves--United States
• -  Yosemite National Park (Calif.)

Notes

• -  "Sketches first published in the Atlantic monthly."--Pref.
• -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

• 5 p.l., 370 p. front., plates, map. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• E160 .M95

Library of Congress Control Number

• 01026282

Online Format

• online text
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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/01026282

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