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Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir, Edited by William Frederic Bade: (january 22, 1871 ? March 4, 1936), and Illustrated by Miss Amelia M.(M
Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir, Edited by William Frederic Bade: (january 22, 1871 ? March 4, 1936), and Illustrated by Miss Amelia M.(M | John Muir, William Frederic Bade, Amelia M Watson
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John Muir ( April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains," was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor.Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130-mile-long route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas.He is today referred to as the "Father of the National Parks"and the National Park Service has produced a short documentary about his life. Muir has been considered "an inspiration to both Scots and Americans."Muir's biographer, Steven J. Holmes, believes that Muir has become "one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity," both political and recreational. As a result, his writings are commonly discussed in books and journals, and he is often quoted by nature photographers such as Ansel Adams."Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world," writes Holmes.Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and religious prophet, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for countless individuals, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness. According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth,"[9] while biographer Donald Worster says he believed his mission was ..".saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism."[10]:403 On April 21, 2013, the first ever John Muir Day was celebrated in Scotland, which marked the 175th anniversary of his birth, paying homage to the conservationist........... William Frederic Bade (January 22, 1871 - March 4, 1936), perhaps best known as the literary executor and biographer of John Muir, was a versatile scholar of wide interests. As an archaeologist, he led the excavation of Tell en-Nasbeh in Palestine, now believed on the basis of his work to be the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin. He was also an ordained Moravian minister, a professor of ancient languages, a theologian and bible scholar, a mountaineer, a conservationist and a naturalist. Born and raised in Minnesota, he studied at Moravian College and its seminary as well as other universities. He served on the faculties of Moravian Theological Seminary and then the Pacific School of Religion......... Amelia Montague Watson (1856-1934) illustrator
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KathyWheeler
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I wanted to like this more than I actually did. Muir made this journey only a couple of years after the US Civil War, but the casual racism he exhibits whenever he runs into or writes about Black people is still really jarring. I wish there had been more pictures of the areas he traveled through.

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KathyWheeler
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I‘m about halfway through this short book. Wash has his paw on my knee as if to say, “But you could be paying attention to me.”

IndoorDame Beautiful kitty!🐈 1y
CBee He‘s lovely 😊 1y
KathyWheeler Thank you both. We think he might be a Maine Coon. He‘s a rescue and was very tiny when we got him. Now he‘s over 16 pounds and isn‘t even a year old yet. He‘s not overweight though — just big. 1y
sarahbellum Ooo what a fluffy beaut! 😻 1y
KathyWheeler @sarahbellum I think he‘s the fluffiest cat we‘ve ever had. 1y
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KathyWheeler
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Tonight‘s reading. I can‘t imagine walking that far!

Reggie I‘m sure you‘ve walked that this year on your walks, no? 1y
Reggie Also, last year when I went hiking in rural Colorado I gained a new appreciation for the settlers. Lol 1y
KathyWheeler @Reggie No! My total so far this year is 475 miles. I bet you did. I‘ve only been to Colorado once — to Denver for a conference. I‘d like to go back. 1y
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Luulit
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I had long been looking from the wildwoods and gardens of the Northern States to those of the warm South, and at last, all draw-backs overcome, I set forth [from Indianapolis] on the first day of September, 1867, joyful and free, on a thousand-mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico. Crossing the Ohio at Louisville, I steered through the big city by compass without speaking a word to any one....

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Natetheworld
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What I found profound about the reading of his adventures through the American south was his ability to stop and call everything by its proper name.

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N8ure
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New books for early fall

Lauram One of my very favorite places. 6y
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