The Story of My Boyhood and Youth: On Coming of Age, Invention and Ecology
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1499126530 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 186 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
YOUNG HUNTERS American Head-Hunters--Deer--A Resurrected Woodpecker--Muskrats--Foxes and Badgers--A Pet Coon--Bathing--Squirrels--Gophers--A Burglarious Shrike.VI. A NEW WORLD Stories of America--Glorious News--Crossing the Atlantic--The New Home--A Baptism in Nature--New Birds--The Adventures of Watch--Scotch Correction--Marauding Indians.III. His childhood days in Scotland his boyhood days in the American wilderness, his exploits as a boy inventor and his college days at the University of Wisconsin, all yield interesting descriptions and episodes wherever one may happen to open the volume.” -Quarterly Bulletin of the Providence Public Li
Well worth the time to read this book 24FM I found this to be an enjoyable story of John Muir's boyhood, written in a style free of the flowery, stilted English so common during the era. It seems honest and straightforward, avoiding the slant and judgment that would have been so easy in describing the hard life John Muir would live as a child, sometimes working 17 hours during the hottest summer months, made to dig a well by hand chipping into sandstone far into the ground, sometimes left on his own digging for hours while his father worked elsewhere on the farm--and very nearly being overcome by noxious gases in the process, being di. Awesome John Muir John Muir was a genius of natural understanding, and this book doesn't really explain why. His life is beyond explanation. But he sure can tell a tale! It's a fascinating look at new immigrants to the U.S. in the 1800's. John Muir is such a man apart that every page is mindblowing. He has thoughts and experiences that will appeal to nearly every reader. His schooling was remarkable, his work ethic unrelenting, his desire to learn insatiable, his boldness irrefutable. He relates his thought processes in a way that opens the window to his soul, and you learn to know a man who you really want to. Loved every word. Bill Why is John Muir not a household name and a national hero!?His writing is both engaging and instructive.
John Muir has been honored ever since as the father of the modern environment movement. His journals, articles and lectures helped to develop international awareness of the need to preserve and protect the environment, and led to the foundation of the General Grant, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks in the US, as well as important conservation areas in his native East Lothian. A natural inventor, he first discovered the joys of walking, and writing, after an indust
'A superbly told, moving and challenging story. For anybody remotely interested in the environment, Scottish culture, American history, the art of biography or the art of life, this book is essential' - Scotland on Sunday