John Muir

John Muir adalah (21 April 1838 - 24 Desember 1914) adalah seorang naturalis Skotlandia kelahiran Amerika, penulis, dan advokat awal pelestarian hutan belantara di Amerika Serikat. Surat-suratnya, esai, dan buku-buku menceritakan petualangannya di alam, terutama di Sierra Nevada pegunungan California, telah dibaca oleh jutaan orang. Kegiatan aktivisnya membantu untuk melestarikan Lembah Yosemite, Taman Nasional Sequoia dan daerah padang gurun lainnya. The Sierra Club, yang didirikannya, kini salah satu organisasi konservasi paling penting di Amerika Serikat. Salah satu yang paling terkenal hiking trails di AS, 211 mil (340 km) John Muir Trail, dinamai untuk menghormatinya. Tempat-tempat lain dinamai untuk menghormatinya adalah Monumen Nasional Muir Woods, Pantai Muir, Universitas John Muir, Gunung Muir, Kamp Muir dan Gletser Muir.

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 Engberg, Robert and Donald Wesling, 1999. John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond. University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-0-87480-580-2
 Fleck, Richard F., ed., 1997. Mountaineering Essays. University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-0-87480-544-4.










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 Pranala luar 

 John Muir's Ascent of Mt. Rainier, an essay by John Muir's photographer A.C. Warner - University of Washington Digital Collection
 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir 
 Video – John Muir biography National Park Service – 20 min.
 "John Muir in the New World"  PBS American Masters Episodes, Feb 23, 2011



 John Muir Writings  Sierra Club
 Complete text of a selection of first edition John Muir books
 John Muir's Correspondence, 1856–1914, The Bancroft Library
 Manuscript letters, 1861–1914 put online by the Wisconsin Historical Society
 John Muir Letters , online from Calisphere
 John Muir's Clockwork Desk , Wisconsin Historical Society exhibit.
 John Muir Papers. Provides an overview of the John Muir Papers and related collections held at the University of the Pacific.
 John Muir Exhibit  by the Sierra Club; includes a detailed chronology.
 John Muir Global Network
 John Muir National Historic Site from National Park Service
  Scotland
 John Muir's Birthplace, John Muir Birthplace Trust Scotland
 John Muir Trust Scotland
 Canadian Friends of John Muir (CFJM) website
 John Muir Project Protecting Federal Public Forest Lands
 Access Adventure  Founded by Muir's grandson
 9 short radio episodes:  based on the writings of John Muir. California Legacy Project.

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