The John Muir Library Series

from Sierra Club Books

This series gathers John Muir's works into uniform, quality paperback editions, with introductions by modern writers. Each book includes wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Each book is priced at $10.00. The following are available as of Spring, 1999. (the current list from the Sierra Club Web server):

Woodcut Portrait by Michael McCurdy

Steep Trails

Foreword by Edward Hoagland
Two dozen magazine articles and letters in this collection present the natural treasures of an unspoiled land as white settlers found them a century ago: the Great Salt Lake, the San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Rainier, the Grand Canyon. Includes Muir's account of his perilous night caught in a snowstorm on the summit of Mount Shasta, and "A Geologists's Winter Walk" in Yosemite, where Muir found a living glacier with which to prove his controversial theory that glaciers had formed Yosemite Valley.
( press release for this book)

The Cruise of the Corwin

Foreword by Roderick Nash.
The only edition of this work in print, eloquently recounts the naturalist's cruise into Alaskan waters in 1881.

The Mountains of California

Foreword by Gretel Ehrich
An elegant new edition of Muir's enduring celebration of the Sierra Nevada - a model for three generations of nature writers.

My First Summer in the Sierra

Foreword by Frederick Turner
The most popular of Muir's works, an account of his first visit to the High Sierra and the Yosemite, when he recognized his life's calling in preserving these wilderness areas.

Our National Parks

Foreword by Alfred Runte
A collection of ten essays recounting the beauty and grandeur of Yosemite, Sequoia, Yellowstone and other parks of the American West.

The Story of My Boyhood & Youth

Foreword by David Quammen
The memoir of the early years of John Muir details his boyhood in Scotland, and his immigration to America.

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

Foreword by Colin Fletcher
Chronicles the naturalist's walk after the Civil War from Indianapolis through Kentucky to Florida - one of his best-loved books.

Travels in Alaska

Foreword by John Haines
The classic account of John Muir's adventures and discoveries during three visits to Alaska.

The Yosemite

Foreword by David Brower
John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

To order: Call Sierra Club Bookstore toll-free at (800) 935-1056, or contact Sierra Club Books.

Sierra Club Books is a non-profit publisher.

Source: Sierra Club Books
Received: 1994 June

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