Muir, John (). The Yosemite (New York: The Century Company, ). Library of Congress Call Number FY6 M9. x, p. front., plates, 3 folding maps. 22 cm. LCCN Book scanned and converted to HTML by Dan Anderson, Corrections by Andrew Sly, Obviously intended as a travel book, The Yosemite by John Muir paints a picture that will never be seen again except in his words. John Muir traveled to California in and spent much time in the area that is now the Yosemite National Park. In the time of his expedition few /5. John Muir. “Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.” –John Muir in a letter to his wife Louie in July John Muir, in his beloved Sierra Nevada, sparks dialogue leading to the creation of Yosemite National Park in John Muir has inspired Yosemite’s travelers to see under the .
A cent stamp issued on February 3, , was part of the "Celebrate the Century" series, and showed Muir in Yosemite Valley, with the inscription "John Muir, Preservationist". An image of Muir, with the California condor and Half Dome, appears on the California state quarter released in John Muir (/mjʊər/; Ap - Decem) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada of California, have been read by millions. In , President Theodore Roosevelt visited Yosemite and was guided by naturalist John Muir. The two men spent three memorable nights camping, first under the outstretched arms of the Grizzly Giant in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, then in a snowstorm atop five feet of snow near Sentinel Dome, and finally in a meadow near the base of Bridalveil Fall.
John Muir. “Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.” –John Muir in a letter to his wife Louie in July John Muir, in his beloved Sierra Nevada, sparks dialogue leading to the creation of Yosemite National Park in John Muir has inspired Yosemite’s travelers to see under the surface through his poetic imagery: “Climb the mountains and get their. Muir, John (). The Yosemite (New York: The Century Company, ). Library of Congress Call Number FY6 M9. x, p. front., plates, 3 folding maps. 22 cm. LCCN Book scanned and converted to HTML by Dan Anderson, Corrections by Andrew Sly, As in Yosemite, the sublime rocks of its walls seem to glow with life, whether leaning back in repose or standing erect in thoughtful attitudes, giving welcome to storms and calms alike, their brows in the sky, their feet set in the groves and gay flowery meadows, while birds, bees, and butterflies help the river and waterfalls to stir all the air into music—things frail and fleeting and types of permanence meeting here and blending, just as they do in Yosemite, to draw her lovers into.
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