On a more modest scale, Muir observed the flora and fauna that surrounded him with the keen enthusiasm of a naturalist. He climbed Cathedral Peak and Mount Dana and trekked through Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake. On a grand scale, he trekked into remote areas for sometimes days at a time. Muirâs journal entries from that summer reveal his growing wonder and awe at the Yosemite landscape, as well as his endless curiosity for the natural world. Muirâs diary entries describing the land, flora, and fauna he encountered became the basis for the book My First Summer in the Sierra, first published in 1911. During that time, Muir took every opportunity to explore the Yosemite area extensivelyâhiking, camping, writing, and sketching.
In the summer of 1869, Scottish-American naturalist and author John Muir spent the months of June through September in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California accompanying a group of shepherds while they led a flock of sheep to the high country to graze. Standard Ebooksĥ7,859 words (3 hours 31 minutes) with a reading ease of 62.51 (average difficulty) This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer.My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that “the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. The antics of the smallest “insect people” amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw.
The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. Download cover art Download CD case insert My First Summer in the Sierra
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