
Our National Parks
Author: John Muir
Narrator: Chase Foster
Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brickell Avenue Publishing
Published: 09/09/2024

Author: John Muir
Narrator: Chase Foster
Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brickell Avenue Publishing
Published: 09/09/2024
John Muir (1838 - 1914), known as both John of the Mountains and The Father of the National Parks, was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books, which tell of his adventures in nature, have been read by millions. His activism, including founding The Sierra Club, has helped to preserve natural areas such as the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park.
This is my first Muir book and it shan’t be my past! He is such a talented writer and so passionate about his subject. There were a few times when I got a bit bogged down in his lists of measurements and even some of his seemingly endless lists of different types of flowers or trees. Those could eas......more
John Muir clearly was deeply in love with the trees and wildlife around him and his writing is one of the most beautiful celebrations of nature I have ever read. Each of these glorious trees, animals, and mountains is sung about in poetic extremism. There's a lot of passion going on here, and I woul......more
I don’t think I have ever read something so full of passion. You can feel John Muir’s love of the wilderness as he details the western world he loved so much. I also didn’t know I could read a whole page about how amazing a squirrel is.......more