Muir


My First Summer in the Sierra
Stickeen: A Nature Book About John Muir and His Trusty Dog's Adventure
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Travels in Alaska
The Yosemite
John Muir in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Wilderness Essays
Steep Trails
A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf: The American Naturalist's 1867 Journey Through the Post-War South
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir
The Mountains of California
Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages: escape to the sea with the brand new novel from the feel-good phenomenon!
Foundation by Isaac AsimovThe Long Night by Poul AndersonImperial Sunset by Eric    ThomsonDawn by Yoshiki TanakaImperial Twilight by Eric    Thomson
Decaying Galactic empires
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John Muir
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
John Muir, The Wilderness World of John Muir

Allegra Goodman
When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day," Jess read aloud, "from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central Valley, but little trampled or plowed as yet, was one furred, rich sheet of golden compositae, and the luminous wall of the mountains shone in all its glory. Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not the Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light." Golden compositae, George thought. How easy it was to forget the mountains, just a drive away. ...more
Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector

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