books by John Muir

books by John Muir

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John Muir

John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains ...

John Muir

Library of America, 1997

Muir should be required reading, period.
I've only read "My First Summer in the Sierra," and attest to Muir's enchanting style and lucidity. He writes as an enthusiast, but gives his stories a plain-spoken clarity that can be enjoyed by all. Muir must have been quite an individual - after working as a ...

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot [For the ...

John Muir, Tosh Gregg

John Muir Publications, 1979

Extremely Useful, Highly Recommended if You Own a Classic VW
My dad bought this book for me when I owned my bug and I found it incredibly useful for learning about my car's inner workings. I saved money by doing minor repairs and maintenance myself.. with the help of this book, my bug was very accessible. The book is written ...

My First Summer in the Sierra (Dover Books on Americana)

John Muir

Dover Publications, 2004

Discovering the Range of Light
John Muir was born in 1838 and at a young age emigrated from Scotland with his family to a Wisconsin farm. He escaped the hard labor of the farm and his father's backward Biblical obsessions by displaying great powers of visualization. From principles learned from ...

My First Summer in Sierra
John Muir

Digireads.com, 2008

Following the American Civil War in the summer of 1869, John Muir signed on with a crew of shepherds to drive a flock of 2500 sheep to Yosemite National Park at the headwaters of the Merced river. It wasn't until 1911, however, that he published "My First Summer in Sierra", an account of that experience which would inspire many to visit the ...

The Mountains of California (Penguin Classics)

John Muir

Penguin Classics, 2008

Muir, from Shasta to San Diego, but mostly in the Sierras.
Some say this is Muir's finest work. As the only other Muir book I've read (at this writing) is Travels in Alaska, I cannot comment on this, other than to say that I enjoyed this book a great deal. From almost any vantage point in California, whether near or on a ...

Handbook of Veterinary Anesthesia

William W. Muir, John A. E. Hubbell

Mosby, 2006

An Excellent Book For Students
I am a second year veterinary student. My roommate bought the standard anestesia text-Lumb and Jones and I bought Muir. We both ended up using Muir because it is much more comprehensive at this level then Lumb and Jones (which is an excellent reference but a bit ...

John Muir: My Life With Nature (Sharing Nature With Children Book)

John Muir, Joseph Cornell

Dawn Publications (CA), 2000

A revealing presentation of John Muir's personality
John Muir: My Life With Nature is one of the best introductory biographies into the life of this great and influential American naturalist available to young readers today. Told in his own words, the text was compiled and aptly presented by naturalist Joseph Cornell ...

Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings (California Legacy Book)
John Muir, Fred D. White

Heyday Books, 2006

Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California?s best-known icon?so much so that his image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second ...

The Wilderness World of John Muir

John Muir

Mariner Books, 2001

Very Best Starting Point to Learn About John Muir
I am often asked for a recommendation of what among Muir's writings, or writings about him, one should first read. After spending more than 30 years appreciating both his writings and most of the books about Muir that have been published during that time, and after ten ...

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive 19 Ed: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot

John Muir, Tosh Gregg

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2001

a must have for VW owners
Great book with some great tips... if you own and old VW its a must have for your collection.

The Velvet Monkey Wrench

John Muir

Ocean Tree Books, 1999

Back In Print
I notice the reviews for The Velvet Monkey Wrench say they reviewed an out of print edition. This book is back in print, the magenta edition as pictured, with an afterword by me, Eve Muir. Richard Polese of Ocean Tree Publications writes: "A revolutionary classic ...

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive

John Muir, Tosh Gregg

John Muir Publications, 1992

best technical book ever written
The beauty of this book is that it includes the amateur auto repairer in the picture. Using this book and with a minimum of assistance from fellow VW enthusiasts I have rebuilt VW engines three times, coming from a background of zero experience. The approach relates ...

Stickeen

John Muir

Heyday Books, 1990

Wonderful story! Wonderful reading!
Every doglover will be swept away by this captivating audiobook of John Muir's adventure with STICKEEN. I had never known the story before I listened to the tape, and I was completely captivated by the bravery and heart of STICKEEN - and by the voice of Lee ...

A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

John Muir

Mariner Books, 1998

John Muir is really underrated as a writer
The title sums up quite a bit of the review for me. Not only was he a brilliant naturalist and visionary, but he was a better than decent science and adventure writer. This book, thousand mile walk to the gulf, is from Muir's younger days when he basically dropped out ...

John Muir in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations

John Muir; Peter Browning

Great West Books, 1988

Still Useful, even with google and John Muir Exhibit
I am frequently asked for the source of particular Muir quotations. Answering these requests is difficult, because many of Muir's best passages were written in different locations. Muir frequently wrote for newspapers and magazines, and then later edited his writings ...