num_pages: 384
description: Working closely with Muir’s family and with his papers, Wolfe was able to create a full portrait of her subject, not only as America’s firebrand conservationist and founder of the national park system, but also as husband, father, and friend. All readers who have admired Muir’s ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, and those who wish a greater appreciation for the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this splendid biography.The story follows Muir from his ancestral home in Scotland, through his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, to his history-making pilgrimage to California.This book, originally published in 1945 and based in large part on Wolfe’s personal interviews with people who knew and worked with Muir, is one that could never be written again. It is, and will remain, the standard Muir biography.
language: English
title: Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
titlecomplete: Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
genres: Nature, Outdoors, History, Travel, Biography Memoir, Environment, Biography, Audiobook, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 398
awards: awardedAt: -757353600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press