Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
“This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!”
Reprinted in The Wild Muir ISBN 0-939666-75-8 page 38, and Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 234
Source: 1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 195
Source: 1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, pages 243-244
Source: 1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 248
First line of the documentary film " John Muir in the New World http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-muir-in-the-new-world/watch-the-full-documentary-film/1823/" (American Masters), produced, directed, and written by Catherine Tatge.
Source: 1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.”
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 253
Source: 1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 277
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 212
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 204
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 287
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 279
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 224
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
Terry Gifford, EWDB, page 277
1860s, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1869
