John Muir's Last Journey South to the Amazon and East to Africa
Subtitle: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence
Contributors: Michael P. Branch (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: May 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781559636407
Subjects: Biography: general; Classic travel writing; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Nature; Essays & Travelogues; Americas (North Central South West Indies); South America; Biography / Autobiography; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Nature/Ecology; East Africa; Latin America; Muir, John,; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel; Africa; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Natural Resources; 1838-1914; Natural history
First sentence: THE YEARS LEADING up to his final journey were remarkably active ones in John Muir's life as a traveler, naturalist, activist, family man, and writer.