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- catalog abstract "In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to the Gulf of Mexico, sketching tropical plants along the way. He kept a journal of this thousand-mile walk and near the end of his life, now famous as a conservation warrior and literary celebrity, sent a typescript of it to his publisher. The result is a wonderful portrait of a young man in search of himself and a particularly vivid portrait of the post-war American South. Here is the young Muir talking with freed slaves and former Confederate soldiers, pondering the uses of electricity, exploring Mammoth Cave, sleeping in a Savannah cemetery, delirious with malarial fever in the home of strangers at Cedar Key, traveling to Havana, Cuba, and sailing to San Francisco Bay. Once in California, Muir promptly set out for Yosemite Valley -- 200 miles away. There Muir found his destiny -- and a mountain range to test his apparently inexhaustible capacity for walking. A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf bridges two Muir classics: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth and My First Summer in the Sierra.".
- catalog contributor b7232724.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to the Gulf of Mexico, sketching tropical plants along the way. He kept a journal of this thousand-mile walk and near the end of his life, now famous as a conservation warrior and literary celebrity, sent a typescript of it to his publisher. The result is a wonderful portrait of a young man in search of himself and a particularly vivid portrait of the post-war American South. Here is the young Muir talking with freed slaves and former Confederate soldiers, pondering the uses of electricity, exploring Mammoth Cave, sleeping in a Savannah cemetery, delirious with malarial fever in the home of strangers at Cedar Key, traveling to Havana, Cuba, and sailing to San Francisco Bay. Once in California, Muir promptly set out for Yosemite Valley -- 200 miles away. There Muir found his destiny -- and a mountain range to test his apparently inexhaustible capacity for walking. A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf bridges two Muir classics: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth and My First Summer in the Sierra.".
- catalog description "Kentucky forests and caves -- Crossing the Cumberland Mountains -- Through the River Country of Georgia -- Camping among the tombs -- Through Florida swamps and forests -- Cedar Keys -- A sojourn in Cuba -- By a crooked route to California -- Twenty Hill Hollow.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 126 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0871565919 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "Muir, John, 1838-1914. Works. 1988.".
- catalog isPartOf "The John Muir Library".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Sierra Club Books,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "508.75/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Muir, John, 1838-1914 Diaries.".
- catalog subject "Muir, John, 1838-1914 Journeys Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Muir, John, 1838-1914 Travel Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Naturalists United States Diaries.".
- catalog subject "QH31.M9 A3 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Kentucky forests and caves -- Crossing the Cumberland Mountains -- Through the River Country of Georgia -- Camping among the tombs -- Through Florida swamps and forests -- Cedar Keys -- A sojourn in Cuba -- By a crooked route to California -- Twenty Hill Hollow.".
- catalog title "A thousand-mile walk to the gulf / John Muir.".
- catalog type "Diaries. fast".
- catalog type "text".