First published in 1911, My First Summer in the Sierra is Scottish immigrant and naturalist John Muir’s account of the time he spent around California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains with a group of shepherds. The four-month diary is an eloquent depiction of the area’s stunning beauty and its wonderous creatures and plantlife, and is perhaps the author’s most celebrated books among nature-lovers. There are no impassioned pleas here or political messages, rather Muir lets the landscape do all of the talking.
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First published in 1911, My First Summer in the Sierra is Scottish immigrant and naturalist John Muir’s account of the time he spent around California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains with a group of shepherds. The four-month diary is an eloquent depiction of the area’s stunning beauty and its wonderous creatures and plantlife, and is perhaps the author’s most celebrated books among nature-lovers. There are no impassioned pleas here or political messages, rather Muir lets the landscape do all of the talking.