Our National Parks

A key founder of the modern conservation movement John Muir was a champion of the preservation of the unspoiled wilderness and of the careful guardianship of the environment. This 1901 work a collection of essays first published in the Atlantic Monthly is Muirs valentine to the national parks of the American West. He introduces us to: . the glacier meadows and wild geysers of Yellowstone . the magnificent mirror for the woods and mountains and sky that is Yellowstone Lake . the coniferous forests of the Sierra Nevada including the beautiful giant sequoia . the grizzly bears of the mountain ranges . and much more. Scottish-American naturalist explorer and writer JOHN MUIR (1838-1914) helped found the Sierra Club in 1892 and served as its first president. He wrote numerous articles for such publications as Atlantic Monthly Harpers and the New York Tribune; among his many books are The Mountains of California (1894) The Yosemite (1912) and Travels in Alaska (1915). __________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO: Muirs Steep Trails Letters to a Friend and Studies in the Sierra