The Story of My Boyhood and Youth: On Coming of Age, Invention and Ecology

ISBN-10: 1499126530
ISBN-13: 9781499126532
Series: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
Pages: 184
Language: English
Published: 2014-04-12
Publisher: CreateSpace
Author: John Muir

Description

In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir made himself America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness, a master of natural description who evoked and celebrated with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of Alaska and the American West. In The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Muir recounts in vivid detail the three worlds of his early life: his first eleven years in Scotland; the years 1849-1860 in the central Wisconsin wilderness; and two-and-a-half most inventive years at the University of Wisconsin during that institution's infancy. 'A superbly told, moving and challenging story. For anybody remotely interested in the environment, Scottish culture, American history, the art of biography or the art of life, this book is essential." - Scotland on Sunday