John muir project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Select from classics, periodicals, fiction, and much more in a variety of languages. The yosemite is basically a literary tour of the yosemite valley as john muir describes the cliffs, streams, waterfalls, weather, flora and fauna of his favorite place on the planet. April 21, 1838 december 24, 1914 1 was a scottishamerican john muir trail, a hiking trail in the sierra nevada, was named in his honor. Steep trails by john muir overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Muirs activism has helped to preserve the yosemite valley. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. This list exists to help you see great books you can read for free from the project gutenberg website, feel free to upvote your favorites or add on ones that havent yet been included. Born in dunbar, scotland, he moved with his family to a wisconsin farm in 1849. The john muir award is an environmental award scheme. Project gutenberg is a free site to read books or download them to your ereader. Project gutenberg is for public domain works that are out of. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Delphi complete works of john muir illustrated ebook door. Standard ebooks is a volunteerdriven project that is picking up where project gutenberg, hathitrust, and the internet archive left off. It is about a trip he took in alaska 1880 with a dog named stickeen and their outing together on a glacier. Apr 01, 2010 in a series of richly painted landscapes, thomas locker brings the world and words of john muir to readers of all ages.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. On the positive side, muir has a lively literary style that brims with enthusiasm for the natural world. Dec 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The project gutenberg ebook of the yosemite, by john muir. Project gutenberg offers 59,449 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. His letters, journals, and other writings explored here are grounded in a deep spirituality. Project gutenberg legal small print from the etext for the. That is why i was thrilled to learn about the standard ebooks project. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. An adventure with a dog and a glacier 1897 is a short memoir by american naturalist john muir. John earl, a photographer, traces his journey to florida. Books by muir, john sorted by popularity project gutenberg.
April 21, 1838 december 24, 1914 also known as john of the mountains and father of the national parks, was an influential scottishamerican. In scotland, the john muir way, a mile long distance route, was named in honor of him. Project gutenber legal small print from the etext for the book steep trails by john muir, edited by william frederic bade transcribed to electronictext by judy gibson, of descanso, california, usa. Search results for project gutenberg metropolitan library.
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A free online collection of thousands of ebooks and eaudiobooks within the public domain. Here is a collection of historical ebooks about sexual health, sexual education, and childbirth from project gutenberg. The mountains of california by john muir free ebook. The yosemite by john muir free ebook project gutenberg. Most of these are from the 1800s or early 1900s and contain highly questionable ideas that are fascinating reading leave any interesting quotes you find in the comments below. Alaska days with john muir ebooks by samual hall young. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the sierra nevada mountains of california, have been read by millions. Thirtyseven of his criminal investigations as set down by r. Project gutenberg offers 61,799 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. The writings of john muir 18381914, american naturalist and explorer, are. John muir was one of the earliest advocates of the national park idea, and its most eloquent spokesman.
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