John Muir. Photo from http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/people/historical/muir/
I have been reading The Wilderness World of John Muir. It is really a good read. John Muir was a farmer, inventor, naturalist, and probably the foremost conservationist in America, co-founding the Sierra Club and giving birth to the environmental conservation movement. As much as he enjoyed being alone in nature, he also enjoyed talking non-stop about his adventures and he wrote extensively in his journals, botany notes, books, and correspondence. Continue reading
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