Main Title |
John Muir : life and work / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
University of New Mexico Press, |
Year Published |
1993 |
OCLC Number |
28147622 |
ISBN |
082631452X; 9780826314529 |
Subjects |
Naturalists--United States--Biography--Congresses ;
Conservationists--United States--Biography--Congresses ;
Families ;
Nature conservation--Philosophy ;
Nature conservation--United States--History ;
Ecology--Philosophy
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Additional Subjects |
Muir, John,--1838-1914--Congresses ;
Muir, John,--1838-1914--Family--Congresses ;
Muir family--Congresses ;
Muir, John (Geologe)
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
QH31.M9 J65 1993 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
12/15/2014 |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Collation |
xi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Rev. versions of papers presented at a conference held in April 1990 at the University of the Pacific. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Introduction : John Muir's life and legacy / Ronald H. Limbaugh -- "Affectionately yours, John Muir" : the correspondence between John Muir and his parents, brothers and sisters / Keith E. Kennedy -- John Muir and vertical sauntering / Arthur W. Ewart -- God and John Muir : a psychological interpretation of John Muir's journey from the Campbellites to the "range of light" / Mark Stoll -- John Muir, Christian mysticism, and the spiritual value of nature / Dennis Williams -- Why wilderness? : John Muir's "deep ecology" / James D. Heffernan -- John Muir and the wilderness ideal / Don Weiss -- John Muir's transcendental imagery / Richard F. Fleck -- On the tops of mountains : John Muir and Henry Thoreau / Edgar M. Castellini -- Muir and geology / Dennis R. Dean -- Botanical exploration of California from Menzies to Muir (1786-1900) with special emphasis on the Sierra Nevada / Nancy M. Slack. After Yosemite : John Muir and the southern Sierra / Paul D. Sheats -- "Fear nothing" : an interpretation of John Muir's writings on Yellowstone / Bruce A. Richardson -- John Muir's travels in Australasia, 1903-1904 : their significance for conservation and environmental thought / C. Michael Hall. |