A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf

Description

"Here is the adventure that started John Muir on a lifetime of discovery. Taken from his earliest journals, this book records Muir's walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Gulf Coast. In his distinct and wonderful style, Muir shows us the wilderness, as well as the towns and people, of the South immediately after the Civil War.". "Founder of the Sierra Club, and its president until his death, Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump over the back Fence." In a world confronting the deterioration of the natural environment and an ever-quickening pace of life, the attraction of Muir's writings has never been greater."--BOOK JACKET.

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Genres

• Biography

Other Editions

• A thousand-mile walk to the GulfHoughton Mifflin1916-01-01
• A thousand-mile walk to the GulfHoughton Mifflin1916-01-01
• A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf.Houghton Mifflin1916-01-01
• A thousand-mile walk to the GulfHoughton, Mifflin company1916-01-01
• A thousand-mile walk to the GulfHoughton Mifflin1916-01-01
• Thousand-mile walk to the Gulf.Houghton1916-01-01