In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John
Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the
wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a
far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness who founded the Sierra Club in
1892, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power
and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of the American West. The Library of
America's Nature Writings collects his most significant and best-loved works in
a single volume, including: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913), My First
Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Mountains