Name/Title
The Mountain of CaliforniaEntry/Object ID
2018.34.3Description
This volume written by John Muir with his ebullient spirit and love of nature infuses these accounts of visiting Yosemite Valley, Kings Canyon, sequoia groves, and Mount Whitney. Blending keen observations of flora, geography, and geology, the natural forces that shape the landscape, and the changing seasons, Muir paints a timeless portrait of the wilderness he called “the Range of Light". CONTENTS: 1. THE SIERRA NEVADA; 2. THE GLACIERS; 3. THE SNOW; 4. A NEAR VIEW OF THE HIGH SIERRA; 5. THE PASSES; 6. THE GLACIER LAKES; 7. THE GLACIER MEADOWS; 8. THE FORESTS; 9. THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL; 10. A WIND-STORM IN THE FORESTS; 11. THE RIVER FLOODS; 12. SIERRA THUNDER-STORMS; 13. THE WATER-OUZEL; 14. THE WILD SHEEP; 15. IN THE SIERRA FOOT-HILLS; 16. THE BEE-PASTURES.
8" high x 5 3/4" wide x 1 2/4" deep; hardcover in olive green cloth with gold lettering of title located near top and a black leaf wreath with gold and black pine cones and the center oval has an image of a sun rise over large mountain. Page size is not uniform.Collection
Peter Bolles CollectionBook Details
Author
John MuirEdition
9thPublisher
The Century Co.Date Published
1913Publication Language
English