The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
- 3 Aug 2023
- 9781786899248
- £10.99
- 160 pp
- 129×198mm
- 1 May 2009
- 9781847675880
- £8.79
- 160 pp
In a few words
A memoir of childhood and a celebration of the natural world, from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation
In a few words
A memoir of childhood and a celebration of the natural world, from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation
His books are illuminated by sunshine and starlight . . . No other writer is so ceaselessly astonished by the natural world as Muir, or communicates that astonishment more urgently
Robert Macfarlane
An inspirational figure for modern environmentalism . . . his enthusiasm and heart-felt love of nature is immensely impressive
His books are illuminated by sunshine and starlight . . . No other writer is so ceaselessly astonished by the natural world as Muir, or communicates that astonishment more urgently
Robert Macfarlane
An inspirational figure for modern environmentalism . . . his enthusiasm and heart-felt love of nature is immensely impressive
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the book
‘When I was a child in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I’ve been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures.’
John Muir was eleven when he and his family left Scotland in 1849 to build a new life on a homestead in the vast wilderness of Wisconsin. Written in simple yet beautiful prose, we see Muir’s delight as he discovers and observes the landscape and wildlife around him, as he recalls his childhood and reveals himself as a master of natural description.
More about
the book
‘When I was a child in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I’ve been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures.’
John Muir was eleven when he and his family left Scotland in 1849 to build a new life on a homestead in the vast wilderness of Wisconsin. Written in simple yet beautiful prose, we see Muir’s delight as he discovers and observes the landscape and wildlife around him, as he recalls his childhood and reveals himself as a master of natural description.
Muir was a geologist, an explorer, philosopher, artist, author, and editor, and to each of his avocations he devoted that deep insight and conscientious devotion which made him its master
The great mountain man . . . [John Muir] remains a towering presence in American cultural life, and is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation
Mark Cocker, Author Of Our Place
A superbly told, moving and challenging story. For anybody remotely interested in the environment, Scottish culture, American history, the art of biography or the art of life, this book is essential
The richness of Muir's writing roots deeper into the terrain than any other wilderness writer known to me
Muir was a geologist, an explorer, philosopher, artist, author, and editor, and to each of his avocations he devoted that deep insight and conscientious devotion which made him its master
The great mountain man . . . [John Muir] remains a towering presence in American cultural life, and is internationally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern conservation
Mark Cocker, Author Of Our Place
A superbly told, moving and challenging story. For anybody remotely interested in the environment, Scottish culture, American history, the art of biography or the art of life, this book is essential
The richness of Muir's writing roots deeper into the terrain than any other wilderness writer known to me
