The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir

Contents

1. A Boyhood in Scotland
2. A New World
3. Life on a Wisconsin Farm
4. A Paradise of Birds
5. Young Hunters
6. The Ploughboy
7. Knowledge and Inventions
8. The World and the University

Illustrations

• Boyhood home at Dunbar, Scotland
• Muir's sketch of Muir Lake and meadow
• First Wisconsin home, from a sketch by Muir
• Muir's sketch of Hickory Hill house
• Thermometer and self-setting sawmill
• Clock with star hand
• Barometer
• Desk
• Combined thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, and pyrometer

Bibliographic Information

Copyright, 1912, 1913, by the Atlantic Monthly Company; 1913, by John Muir

Muir, John, 1838-1914.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / John Muir.