John Muir
My First Summer in the Sierra
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake an…
Travels in Alaska
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In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
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Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness…
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
Read by Sue Anderson
"The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- s…
Steep Trails
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A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …
The Mountains of California
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John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …
Stickeen
Read by Sue Anderson
A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879
Read by Paul Fleischman
When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033
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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…
Our National Parks
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This book is a collection of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine and gathered into book form in 1901. The focus here i…
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
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Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…
Coffee Break Collection 032 - Wilderness
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This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Good Dog Book
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A collection of adult stories and poems - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Most of these selections contain v…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082
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"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…
A Rival of the Yosemite – The Cañon of the south fork of King’s River, Californ…
Read by Michele Fry
This article, a walking tour of the Cañon including many charcoal illustrations, was published in the Century Illlustrated Monthly Ma…