Description
Muir's account of his trip aboard the steamship Thomas Corwin on its treacherous and awe-inspiring voyage from San Francisco to the Arctic to find a lost ship.
About the Author
John Muir (21 April 1838 - 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. Richard F. Fleck is author of Desert Rims to Mountains High, and also foreword writer for the WestWinds Press: Literary Naturalist Series which includes Alaska Days with John Muir and The Maine Woods. He is editor of A Colorado River Reader. At age seventy-five he remains active by climbing mountains and guiding Sierra Club hikes in Colorado and Utah. He is married to Maura and has three children and seven grandchildren. He teaches occasional classes for Colorado Heights University in retirement.
Book Information
ISBN 9781941821114
Author John Muir
Format Paperback
Page Count 268
Imprint Alaska Northwest Books
Publisher West Margin Press