The Journals of John Muir

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John of the Mountains 

by Linnie Marsh Wolfe. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.

Originally published in 1938, this book includes excerpts from the sixty extant journals and numerous notes in this volume were written from 1867 to 1911.

John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa

Edited by Michael P. Branch. Island Press, 2001.

Unpublished journals and selected correspondence by John Muir. 

John Muir Journals

Original journals from the University of the Pacific Holt Atherton Special Collections.

These 78 journals were written by John Muir, usually in the field, between 1867 and 1913 and offer a unique perspective on Muir's life and experiences in his own words and drawings.