Bücher von John Muir

The Oriental Studies is a book written by John Muir in 1878. It is a comprehensive and detailed work on the history, culture, and religion of the Orient. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the ancient civilizations of India, Persia, and China, the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, and the literature and art of these cultures. Muir's writing is highly informative and engaging, providing readers with a deep understanding of the Orient and its people. The book is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and anyone interested in the rich and diverse cultures of the East.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Der Klassiker des Gründers der amerikanischen Nationalparks in erster deutscher Übersetzung1868 erreicht John Muir zum ersten Mal nach einem Fußmarsch von San Francisco aus das Gebiet des Yosemite, dessen Wildheit und Schönheit ihn überwältigen und zeitlebens nicht mehr loslassen sollten. In Yosemite schildert er die schäumenden Bäche, die wechselhaften Herbsttage und die tiefe Finsternis der Sturmnächte, aber auch das gleißende Sonnenlicht auf schneebedeckten Pässen der High Sierra. Die mit dem Yosemite verbundenen Menschen sind in diesem Klassiker des Nature Writing ebenso Protagonisten wie die vielfältige Tier- und Pflanzenwelt. Muir nimmt den mit ihm Reisenden nicht nur persönlich an die Hand, er führt ihn auf seinen Wegen durch das atemberaubende Tal und lässt ihn das Wunderwerk der Natur durch die Augen des Entdeckers sehen.In seinem Nachwort geht der kenianische Essayist, Ökologe und Naturschützer Mordecai Ogada Fragen der politischen, rassistischen und kolonialen Verstrickungen John Muirs und dessen heutiger Bedeutung nach und beleuchtet die Strukturen des gegenwärtigen Naturschutzes und der Nationalparks in Amerika und Afrika.

Die von Jürgen Brôcan ausgewählten Texte insbesondere aus den Tagebüchern, geben einen umfassenden Einblick in das Leben John Muirs, seine Tage als Schäfer im Dry Creek, seine Wanderungen am Südufer des Joaquin River, seine Erkundungsgänge am Camp an der unteren Nordgabel des San Joaquin oder im Camp nahe dem Becken des oberen Fresno. Er streift den Owens River entlang oder ist unterwegs zum Yosemite Valley, schlägt sein Lager in einer hohlen Sequoie inmitten eines brennendes Waldes auf, befindet sich an der Scheide des mittleren und östlichen Arms des Kaweah River oder auf Schlittenerkundung des Muir-Gletschers, seiner Grenzen und Zubringer. Muirs Texte sind eine Feier der Schönheit und politische Pamphlete des Aufbegehrens gegen die Zerstörung der Natur und zugleich Zeugnisse innigster Naturverbundenheit und eines nicht enden wollenden, maßlosen Staunens über die Wunder der Wildnis.

Steep Trails is a great natural history books by the great American naturalist John Muir that describes the mountains and forests of the western United States and the wildlife that exists there.This nature classic contains the following foreward:"The papers brought together in this volume have, in a general way, been arranged in chronological sequence. They span a period of twenty-nine years of Muir's life, during which they appeared as letters and articles, for the most part in publications of limited and local circulation. The Utah and Nevada sketches, and the two San Gabriel papers, were contributed, in the form of letters, to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin toward the end of the seventies. Written in the field, they preserve the freshness of the author's first impressions of those regions. Much of the material in the chapters on Mount Shasta first took similar shape in 1874. Subsequently it was rewritten and much expanded for inclusion in Picturesque California, and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, which Muir began to edit in 1888. In the same work appeared the description of Washington and Oregon. The charming little essay "Wild Wool" was written for the Overland Monthly in 1875. "A Geologist's Winter Walk" is an extract from a letter to a friend, who, appreciating its fine literary quality, took the responsibility of sending it to the Overland Monthly without the author's knowledge. The concluding chapter on "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado" was published in the Century Magazine in 1902, and exhibits Muir's powers of description at their maturity."

My First Summer in the Sierra is a natural history classis and a autobiographical sketch by John Muir that describes his adventures in the Sierra Mountains and the wildlife found there. It contains this passage:"In the great Central Valley of California there are only two seasons--spring and summer. The spring begins with the first rainstorm, which usually falls in November. In a few months the wonderful flowery vegetation is in full bloom, and by the end of May it is dead and dry and crisp, as if every plant had been roasted in an oven. Then the lolling, panting flocks and herds are driven to the high, cool, green pastures of the Sierra. I was longing for the mountains about this time, but money was scarce and I couldn't see how a bread supply was to be kept up. While I was anxiously brooding on the bread problem, so troublesome to wanderers, and trying to believe that I might learn to live like the wild animals, gleaning nourishment here and there from seeds, berries, etc., sauntering and climbing in joyful independence of money or baggage, Mr. Delaney, a sheep-owner, for whom I had worked a few weeks, called on me, and offered to engage me to go with his shepherd and flock to the headwaters of the Merced and Tuolumne rivers--the very region I had most in mind."

John Muir upplevde 1869 en fantastisk sommar i Sierra Nevada, i det område som nu är Yosemite nationalpark i Kalifornien. Han följde med en fårhjord som skulle drivas på bete där. I dagboksanteckningar skildrar han upplevelserna av livet som fåraherde och noterar sina iakttagelser av de höga bergen, de underbara skogarna, vattenfallen, de frodiga blomsterängarna och de vilda djuren, med naturforskarens noggrannhet kombinerad med glödande engagemang och ett vidöppet sinne för naturens skönhet och storhet. John Muir grundade den amerikanska naturskyddsrörelsen och boken med den engelska originaltiteln My first summer in the Sierra blev en klassiker. Här utges den för första gången på svenska.

John Muir agreed in 1881 to sail aboard the Corwin, whose fruitless mission it was to search for the missing scientific research vessel Jeannette, which itself became icebound while exploring the distant and mysterious Wrangell Land in the higher latitudes of the Arctic. This cruise would afford Muir the opportunity to examine evidence of glaciation along the arctic coastlines of Siberia and Alaska and the harmonious lifestyle of Inuits and Chukchis, which was in the midst of disruption from the intrusions of the civilized South. "John Muir was certainly as concerned for the potential loss of marvelous arctic cultures as he was for our continent's vanishing wilderness. In this sense, THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN truly deserves our attention, especially in light of all that is happening in the Arctic today." -Richard Fleck

Letters to a Friend - Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir."When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately around my native town of Dunbar, by the stormy North Sea, there was no lack of wildness, though most of the land lay in smooth cultivation."John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.His letters, essays, and books describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism has helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he co-founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor. Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir, Muir Grove, and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130-mile-long route, was named in honor of him.In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. As part of the campaign to make Yosemite a national park, Muir published two landmark articles on wilderness preservation in The Century Magazine, "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park"; this helped support the push for U.S. Congress to pass a bill in 1890 establishing Yosemite National Park.

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1915 Travels In Alaska shares Muir's travel journal as he quested across the Alaskan wilderness. Join the "Great Wanderer" as he visits the icy glaciers, mountains, caverns, and rivers of the Alaskan Peninsula and embarks on a trip of a lifetime.

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1909 book-form version of Stickeen (first published in magazine form in 1897) recounts John Muir's befriending of a dog during his Alaskan adventures with mountains, glaciers, and the frozen tundra of the far northwest.

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1915 Travels In Alaska shares Muir's travel journal as he quested across the Alaskan wilderness. Join the "Great Wanderer" as he visits the icy glaciers, mountains, caverns, and rivers of the Alaskan Peninsula and embarks on a trip of a lifetime.

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1916 A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf is part study of natural history, part travel guide of the warm southern waters of the Gulf of Mexico and shorelines of Florida and Cuba.

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1912 The Yosemite is part study of natural history, part travel guide of the majestic Yosemite Valley and National Park. Join the "Great Wanderer" Muir as he walks the trails of the Yosemite valley.