Restless fires
Subtitle: young John Muir's thousand-mile walk to the Gulf in 1867/68
By: James B. Hunt
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780881463927
Subjects: Description and travel; Diaries; Travel; Environmental conditions; Natural history; Naturalists; Biography; History
Description: "[This book] provides a detailed rendering of John Muir's thousand-mile walk to the Gulf based on both manuscript and published accounts. Hunt particularly examines the development of Muir's environmental thought as a young adult. [He] experienced delight in seeing nature anew after recovering from partial blindness. He witnessed both the Civil War's and Reconstruction's impacts on communities, individuals and the environment. ..."--Back cover.
Notes: "MUP/ H855"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Formation of John Muir; title: "Restless Fires" : From Mechanic to Walking Botanist; title: Setting Out; title: Challenges in Tennessee; title: Georgia and "the Natural Beauty of Death"; title: Florida : A "Strange" Land and Sharpened Thought; title: Cedar Key : Malaria, Delay, and Detour; title: Convalescence, Cuba, and Onward to Yosemite.