We are met with an outpouring of words and images of his boyhood in Scotland, immigration to a Wisconsin farm, and his discovery of the American wilderness. With every step comes a developing awareness of nature's beauty and sanctity. He is comfortable in his good house, but considers the Sierra Nevada his real home. Muir takes the news of the bill's passage with personal shock. God has preserved this forest for 3,000, but cannot preserve it against fools, he says.
Any fool can destroy a tree.
It can not run away. Stetson lavishes great feeling on this work, convincingly capturing Muir's spirit in his physical characterization and crystallizing his philosophy in moving words and images. The evening is a validation for tree lovers and an insight into the man who helped sensitize a nation to its natural treasures. The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co .