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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191090285 Title: A passion for nature : the life of John Muir Author: Donald Worster Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780195166828 0195166825 OCLC:191090285

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A passion for nature : the life of John Muir

Author:	Donald Worster
Publisher:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Worster, Donald, 1941- Passion for nature. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)768077675
Named Person:	John Muir; John Muir, Geologe.
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Donald Worster Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780195166828 0195166825
OCLC Number:	191090285
Awards:	Winner of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards: Book of the Year 2010. Winner of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards: Non-Ficiton 2010.
Description:	535 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Prologue: Muir's trail -- The Scottish lowlands -- "That glorious Wisconsin wilderness" -- Climbing the ice mountain -- Border crossings -- The long walk -- Paradise found -- The higher peaks -- Coming in from the cold -- The shores of Alaska -- Husbandry -- A call to lead -- The company of green men -- Earthquakes -- The troubled nature of wealth -- "Slight progress heavenward."
Responsibility:	Donald Worster.
More information:	Table of contents Publisher Website

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A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.

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John Muir's life has almost been written into the ground, but Donald Worster's excellent volume..now has pride of place. Frank Mclynn, Literary Review. Donald Worster is a peerless guide to Muir, Read more...

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