Selected Passages by John Muir

"The Calypso Borealis" excerpted from The Life and Letters of John Muir - Muir's moving account of his long search for, and final discovery of a rare woodland flower. This was his first published writing.
"The Earthquake" , from Our National Parks (1901) - Muir revels in an earthquake in Yosemite, just as he does any other storm!
"Mount Ritter" - A mountain-climbing classic.
The Water-Ouzel , Chapter 13 of The Mountains of California by John Muir (1894). - One of the finest animal biographies ever written.
"Wild Wool" from Steep Trails (1918) - Muir's reflections on why animals are not made "for man."
A Wind Storm in the Forests - Chapter 10 of The Mountains of California by John Muir (1894). - Muir's exciting adventure atop a Douglas fir during a wind-storm.
A Parable of Sauntering by Albert W. Palmer - Including a conversation with John Muir showing how Muir hated "hiking" - both the word and the thing. (Excerpted from The Mountain Trail and Its Message (1911) .
Letters to botanist Sir Joseph Hooker - from Kew Gardens Archives