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The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures

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The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures

Selected and introduced by Lee Stetson
Illustrated by Fiona King

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-093-5, $10.95
216 pages (6 x 8), with woodblock illustrations throughout

Published in collaboration with the Yosemite Association

First-person accounts of John Muir’s hairiest encounters in the wild

Here is an entertaining collection of John Muir’s most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosemite Valley to his night spent weathering a windstorm at the top of a tree to death-defying falls on Alaskan glaciers, the renowned outdoorsman’s exploits are related in passages that are by turns exhilarating, unnerving, dizzying, and outrageous.


About the Author:

Lee Stetson is an actor based at Yosemite National Park who for over twenty-five years has portrayed John Muir in one-man dramatic presentations to audiences throughout the United States and the world.

 

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