My First Summer in the Sierra

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Reprint. Originally published: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. Review Citations: Newsweek 03/03/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9780486437354, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 09/26/2011 (EAN 9780979311550, Compact Disc) Library Journal 11/15/2011 pg. 43 (EAN 9780979311550, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Muir, John John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. Founder of the Sierra Club, and its president until his death, Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence."