Travels in Alaska

A little embarrassed to say this is the first of Muir's books I've read. After all, this is a man with plants, animals, mountains, a glacier, trails, a wilderness, and a forest named after him, is the founder of the Sierra Club, and a true original. He is part of, arguably the father of, an era when......more

Extremely pompous and repetitive in the constant romanticization of nature. I guess I can forgive him because (1) Herzog wasn't born yet, and (2) he had already foreseen that humans were destroying the environment. His adventures are cool though. There are some pretty great ones amidst the never endi......more

Beautiful. I am so jealous Muir got to experience an almost untouched , raw, pure Alaska. And if not for the travel dates Muir wrote on each part I would not believe this was written in the late 1800s. It hurt to read about the Natives Muir encountered submissively praising the "white man" for being......more

Interesting stuff happeningin Alaska in the 1880s, I liked this.......more

Muir’s reverence for nature is 100% unquestioned as evidenced by the way he describes the landscapes, foliage, geological activity, etc. - coupled with his determination to not let anything stop him from exploring it and experiencing everything it has to offer. The grit he had in enduring all forms......more