In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America\'s most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness.
The Library of America\'s Nature Writings c.
A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness who founded the Sierra Club in 1892, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of the American West.
In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America\'s most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness