John Muir (/mjʊər/; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) also known as “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks”, was an influential Scottish-American: naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. (Information from Wikipedia)
Articles in Western American Literature:
John Muir and Yosemite’s “Castaway Book”: The Troubling Geology of Native America
John of the Mines: Muir’s Picturesque Rewrite of the Gold Rush
“Angel guiding gently”: The Yosemite Meeting of Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Muir, 1871
A Dog’s Life: Anthropomorphism, Sentimentality, and Ideology in John Muir’s Stickeen
Why Don’t They Write About Nevada?
The Tempered Romanticism of John Muir
