Nature's beloved son
Subtitle: rediscovering John Muir's botanical legacy
By: Bonnie J. Gisel and Stephen J. Joseph.
Contributors: Joseph, Stephen J.
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781597141062
Subjects: Muir, John, -- 1838-1914; Naturalists -- United States -- Biography; Conservationists -- United States -- Biography; Botanical specimens -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this book, photographer Stephen J. Joseph presents images of plants collected directly by John Muir, while scholar Bonnie J. Gisel lays before us the life and words of a man at once familiar and surprising, a towering figure forever smitten with 'nature's irresistible, divine beauty.'" --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Scotland to Wisconsin: in the fullness of nature's glad wildness; title: Canada and Indianapolis: granting such friends as are these plant creatures; title: Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico: scarce a familiar face among the flowers; title: California: all one sea of golden and purple bloom; title: Alaska: nature's own reserve; title: Epilogue: the view from Muir's plants.