John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire
How a Visionary and the Glaciers of Alaska Changed America
A dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska.John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shining son of the Scottish Enlightenment -- both in temperament and intellect. Kim Heacox, author of The Only Kayak, bring us a story that evolves as Muir's life did, from one of outdoor adventure into one of ecological guardianship---Muir went from impassioned author to leading activist. The book is not just an engaging and dramatic profile of Muir, but an expose on glac…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4930-0868-1
- EAN: 9781493008681
- Produktnummer: 20434102
- Verlag: Lyons Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'276 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
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