John Muir

The Cruise of the Corwin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781016714556
• ISBN-10: 1016714556
• Artikelnr.: 66847595

Autorenporträt

John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, writer, and advocate of U.S. forest conservation. As early as 1876 Muir urged the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy. In 1890, due in large part to Muir's efforts, an act of Congress created Yosemite National Park and. In 1892 Muir and a number of his supporters founded the Sierra Club, an organization devoted to protecting the environment. He served as its first president, a position he held until his death in 1914. Muir's personal involvement was instrumental in the establishment of many of the country's other national parks: Sequoia National Park, the Petrified Forest, Muir Woods National Monument, and Grand Canyon National Park. John Muir died in Los Angeles on December 24, 1914, of pneumonia at the age of seventy-six. His writings continue to serve as sources of inspiration for naturalists and conservationists the world over and remain important works in the body of literature on America's natural history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I. Unalaska and the Aleuts II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea
III. Siberian Adventures IV. In Peril from the Pack V. A Chukchi Orator VI.
Eskimos and Walrus VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael VIII. Return of the
Search Party IX. Villages of the Dead X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra XI.
Caribou and a Native Fair XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack XIII. First
Ascent of Herald Island XIV. Approaching a Mysterious Land XV. The Land of
the White Bear XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet XVII. Meeting the Point
Barrow Expedition XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd XIX. Turned back by
Storms and Ice XX. Homeward-Bound APPENDIX I. The Glaciation of the Arctic
and Subarctic Regions visited during the Cruise II. Botanical Notes