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Steep Trails

by John Muir

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  1. 01 - Wild Wool

    30:16

  2. 02 - A Geologist's Winter's Walk

    19:11

  3. 03 - Summer Days at Mt. Shasta

    38:41

  4. 04 - A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit

    33:30

  5. 05 - Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories

    34:11

  6. 06 - The City of the Saints

    12:57

  7. 07 - A Great Storm in Utah

    8:29

  8. 08 - Bathing in Salt Lake

    7:16

  9. 09 - Mormon Lilies

    13:45

  10. 10 - The San Gabriel Valley

    12:16

  11. 11 - The San Gabriel Mountains

    12:28

  12. 12 - Nevada Farms

    14:32

  13. 13 - Nevada Forests

    15:32

  14. 14 - Nevada's Timber Belt

    16:56

  15. 15 - Glacial Phenomena in Nevada

    13:00

  16. 16 - Nevada's Dead Towns

    15:29

  17. 17 - Puget Sound

    33:53

  18. 18 - The Forests of Washington

    24:42

  19. 19 - People and Towns of Puget Sound

    15:59

  20. 20 - An Ascent of Mount Rainier

    13:48

  21. 21 - The Physical & Climatic Characteristics of Oregon

    36:30

  22. 22 - The Forests of Oregon & their Inhabitants

    37:03

  23. 23 - The Rivers of Oregon

    25:32

  24. 24-1 - The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, part 1

    33:06

  25. 24-2 - The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, part 2

    36:31

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Fine wool on wild mountain sheep gives John Muir an answer to those who believe nature always needs improving. His opening essay examines animal coverings closely, using the sheep near Mount Shasta to defend the value of wildness. Published in 1918, this collection gathers letters and articles about western landscapes. Its contents range across California, Utah, Nevada, Washington and Oregon, bringing mountain ascents, forests, rivers and travel observations into the same volume.

The Nevada passage traces changes brought by glaciers and shrinking lakes before turning to the ruins of mining towns. Tall smokestacks, damaged furnaces and machinery half buried in sand record the brief lives of industrial settlements. Sagebrush and lizards occupy places once shaped by busy streets and workshops. Readers interested in nature writing can follow Muir's movement between close observation and broad landscape history, and consider how his descriptions weigh human enterprise against the enduring processes of the land.

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John Muir

John Muir (1838 to 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, writer, and preservationist whose wanderings through the Sierra Nevada made him the country's most influential wilderness advocate. He co-founded the Sierra Club and helped establish Yosemite and other national parks, shaping American conservation.

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Author
John Muir
Genre
Essays
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John Dennison, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Jim Clevenger and others