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John Muir : Apostle of Nature Oklahoma title: Western Biographies ; V. 8 author: Wilkins, Thurman. publisher: University of Oklahoma Press isbn10 | asin: 080612797X print isbn13: 9780806127972 ebook isbn13: 9780585168999 language: English Muir, John,--1838-1914, Naturalists--United subject States--Biography, Conservationists--United States--Biography. publication date: 1996 lcc: QH31.M78W54 1996eb ddc: 333.7/2/092 Muir, John,--1838-1914, Naturalists--United subject: States--Biography, Conservationists--United States--Biography. Page i John Muir T O W B HE KLAHOMA ESTERN IOGRAPHIES R W. E , G E ICHARD TULAIN ENERAL DITOR Page iii John Muir Apostle of Nature By Thurman Wilkins UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN AND LONDON Page iv By Thurman Wilkins Clarence King: A Biography (New York, 1958; 2d edition, revised and enlarged with the help of Caroline Lawson Hinkley, Albuquerque, 1988) Thomas Moran: Artist of the Mountains (Norman, 1966) Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People (New York, 1970; 2d edition, revised, Norman, 1986) John Muir: Apostle of Nature (Norman, 1995) This book is published with the generous assistance of The McCasland Foundation, Duncan, Oklahoma. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilkins, Thurman. John Muir: apostle of nature / by Thurman Wilkins. p. cm.(Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 8) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN: 0-8061-2712-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Muir, John, 18381914. 2. NaturalistsUnited States Biography. 3. ConservationistsUnited StatesBiography. I. Title. II. Series. QH31.M78W54 1995 333.7'2'092-dC20 [B] 95-11426 CIP John Muir: Apostle of Nature is Volume 8 in The Oklahoma Western Biographies. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright © 1995 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page v For Sophie and Mary K Page vii Contents List of Illustrations Page ix Series Editor's Preface xi Preface xiii Prologue xvii 1 3 Dunbar Days 2 15 Fountain Lake and Hickory Hill 3 27 Madison Years 4 40 Canada and Indianapolis 5 47 The Thousand-Mile Walk 6 57 First Summer in the Sierra 7 66 Incomparable Valley 8 76 The Sage of Concord 9 81 Mountaineer-Glaciologist of the Sierra 10 98 "Studies in the Sierra" 11 113 King Sequoia 12 126 New Directions 13 136 First Trip to Alaska 14 144 Stickeen 15 152 The Cruise of the Corwin 16 159 Fruit Grower 17 169 Yosemite National Park 18 179 The Sierra Club 19 190 The National Forestry Commission 20 205 The Harriman-Alaska Expedition 21 211 Roosevelt, Round the World, and Recession 22 223 The Contest for Hetch Hetchy
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