The Yosemite

By John Muir and Gretel Ehrlich

In the spring of 1869, John Muir was looking for means of support to fund his explorations of California’s Central Valley region. A ranch owner offered him a job herding sheep in the Sierra Nevada. As he explored the region, he jotted down his keen observations of the scenic countryside, and he eventually became a guide for some of Yosemite’s most famous visitors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Muir documented these experiences in The Yosemite, first published in 1912. It is at once a vivid, accurate description of the land and a passionate homage to nature.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic is a facsimile of the 1912 edition and includes the original illustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 28, 2010
• ISBN: 9780307758507

John Muir

John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

Reviews for The Yosemite

[junebedell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful, descriptive passages that anyone who has experienced Yosemite can immediately relate to. Loved it!