Die deutsche Erstübersetzung des amerikanischen Klassikers The Mountains of California ist auch die Entdeckung eines hierzulande unbekannten literarischen Genres, des Nature writing, zu dessen bedeutendsten Vertretern neben R. W. Emerson...

John Muir (1838-1914) was born and raised in Dunbar, East Lothian. When his family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1849, young John was bought up to hard labour on his father's homestead. A natural inventor, he first discovered the joys of...

"Travels in Alaska" lets the reader take a trip to last century's Alaska through Muir's clean, easy-going, enthusiastic prose. He wrote the way he took pictures, with insight, attention, care and genuine feeling. The work is a lovely...

The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs): Adventure Memoirs and Wilderness Study von Muir, John

"The Yosemite" von John Muir ist ein detaillierter und lebendiger Bericht über die Schönheit und Pracht des Yosemite Nationalparks. Der Autor, ein renommierter Naturforscher und Umweltschützer, teilt seine Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen...

Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its preservation. My First Summer in the Sierra is...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At...