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My First Summer in the Sierra

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My First Summer in the Sierra

John Muir

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 and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest “insect people” amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that “the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)

Year of Publication: 1911Genres: Nature , Memoirs
Running Time: 7 hours 13 minutes 23 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
01. June 3-6 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
29:54
2
The Nights
02. June 7-11 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
22:57
3
The Nights
03. June 12-15 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
26:31
4
The Nights
04. June 16-30 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
25:28
5
The Nights
05. July 1-8 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
34:45
6
The Nights
06. July 9-12 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
32:34
7
The Nights
07. July 14-19 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
31:52
8
The Nights
08. July 20-23 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
32:41
9
The Nights
09. July 24-28 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
39:12
10
The Nights
10. July 29-Aug 3 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
28:14
11
The Nights
11. Aug 4-11 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
30:12
12
The Nights
12. Aug 12-14 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
15:41
13
The Nights
13. Aug 21 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
29:01
14
The Nights
14. Aug 22-Sept 5 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
23:41
15
The Nights
15. Sept 6-22 1869
Adrian Praetzellis
30:40

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