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The John Muir Library Series
from
Sierra Club Books
Alas, the Sierra Club shut down its book publishing program in 2015).
This series gathered John Muir's works into uniform, quality paperback editions, with introductions by modern writers. Each book includes wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Each book was priced at a reasonable $10.00. Design examples of two of the books are shown here.
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Woodcut Portrait by
Michael McCurdy
The links below are to our HTML versions of these books scanned from early public domain versions of the books. Look in your local used bookstore for copies of the physical books, which may be most notable for the forewords weritten by important contemporary writers.
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 or less.
The following books in the series are currently available.
Where noted, links go the the online version of the book hosted here on the John Muir Exhibit web site.
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 Geologist's Winter Walk" in Yosemite,
where Muir found a living glacier with which to prove his controversial theory
that glaciers had formed Yosemite Valley.
A publisher's press release of this book is available.
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 Ehrlich
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 and 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 for Visa/Mastercard only:
Call the Sierra Club Bookstore toll-free at: (800) 935-1056
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