A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

by John Muir, Peter Jenkins (Introduction)

Overview

Here is the adventure that started John Muir on a lifetime of discovery. Taken from his earliest journals, this book records Muir's walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Gulf Coast. In his distinct and wonderful style, Muir shows us the wilderness, as well as the towns and people, of the South immediately after the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547524467
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	02/21/2017
Sold by:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	313,916
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Peter Jenkins, in addition to being a best selling writer, is an award-winning photographer. His books are part of the curriculum in over three thousand schools from coast to coast (to coast). He lives in Tennessee.
John Muir (1838-1914) was one of the most influential conservationists and nature writers in American history. He was instrumental in the creation and passage of the National Parks Act, and founder of the Sierra Club, acting as its president until his death. Muir was a spirit so free that all he did to prepare for an expedition was to "throw some tea and bread into an old sack and jump the back fence."