Donald Worster (H Hall Distinguished Professor of American History

A Passion for Nature

The Life of John Muir

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Produktbeschreibung

Donald Worster's A Passion for Nature is the most complete account of the great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club ever written. It is the first to be based on Muir's full private correspondence and to meet modern scholarly standards, yet it is also full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man. The winner of numerous book awards, it was named a Best Book of 2008 by WashingtonPost Book World. It is the first comprehensive biography of Muir to appear in six decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9780199782246
• ISBN-10: 0199782245
• Artikelnr.: 32730812

Autorenporträt

Donald Worster is Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas and the author of many books, including A River Running West, the Bancroft Prize-winning Dust Bowl, and Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Muir's Trail
1.: Ch. 1 The Scottish Lowlands
2.: Ch. 2 "That Glorious Wisconsin Wilderness"
3.: Ch. 3 Climbing the Ice Mountain
4.: Ch. 4 Border Crossings
5.: Ch. 5 The Long Walk
6.: Ch. 6 Paradise Found
7.: Ch. 7 The High Peaks
8.: Ch. 8 Coming in from the Cold
9.: Ch. 9 The Shores of Alaska
10.: Ch. 10 Husbandry
11.: Ch. 11 A Call to Lead
12.: Ch. 12 The Company of Green Men
13.: Ch. 13 Earthquake
14.: Ch. 14 The Troubled Wealth of Nature
Epilogue: Trail's End
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