6/28/2023 0 Comments Travels in Alaska by John Muir![]() ![]() Physical impediments and frailties faded into the background when he was alone in the wilderness. For Muir, the wilderness was a medicine or spiritual tonic. Travels in Alaska is John Muir's journal of his 1879, 1880, and 1890 trips to southeast Alaska's glaciers, rivers, and temperate rain forests. In addition to being an ecologist and traveler, John Muir was a botanist and geologist, a fact which readers will be reminded of through his contemplations of the southeast Africa flora and the activity of glaciers. Travels in Alaska, by John Muir, reflects Muir's exuberance for life and almost everything he encountered in his many travels. ![]() Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is well worn with chips and wear. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in white, color illustrated paper cover label, top edge gilt. ![]()
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