The Mountains of California His portraits of nineteenth-century Russian

His portraits of nineteenth-century Russian life rival those of the great novelists

How the World Was Made

" in which a Black drifter outfoxes an all-white crew of small-town hustlers

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The Mountains of California His portraits of nineteenth-century RussianA great hero of America's conservation movement, John Muir (18381914) was active in establishing the Yosemite Valley as a protected national park and in awakening interest in the importance of safeguarding natural resources. In this tribute to the grandeur of the Sierras, Muir recounts his journeys by foot through the Yosemite Valley, Mount Whitney, the famed sequoia forests, King's Canyon, and other wilderness areas. With a natural historian's keen