John Muir: Father of Our National Parks
- ISBN-10
- 1258003678
- ISBN-13
- 9781258003678
- Series
- John Muir
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-04
- Authors
- John Muir, Charles Norman
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