The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
In this moving memoir of an unusual childhood John Muir recalls his younger days in mid nineteenth-century Scotland and beyond. Muir charts his family's pioneering years in Wisconsin, where his battles for survival powerfully anticipate the extraordinary career which was to follow.Relatively unknown in his native Scotland, John Muir is renowned in the United States as the father of conservation. A friend of presidents and founder of National Parks, Muir was inspired by a love and a vision of nature as remarkable today as it was last century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780271279 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780271271 |
| Title | The Story of My Boyhood and Youth |
| Author | John Muir |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2013-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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