John Muir

JOHN MUIR was born in 1838 in Scotland, and immigrated with his family in 1849 to the United States. In 1892, he and his colleague Robert Underwood Johnson founded the Sierra Club, of which Muir was president until his death; he was also influential in establishing four national parks. Controversial during and after his lifetime, his writings on wilderness preservation became the impetus for the modern environmentalist movement. Muir died in 1914 in California.

Selected Writings of John Muir

Selected Writings of John Muir

John Muir; Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
The Mountains of California My First Summer in the Sierra The Yosemite

The Yosemite

John Muir
Travels in Alaska

Travels in Alaska

John Muir Introduction by Edward Hoagland
The Mountains of California My First Summer in the Sierra

Books by John Muir from Beacon Press

Writing the Western Landscape

Writing the Western Landscape

Mary Austin and John Muir

Books by John Muir from The Library of America