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The Yosemite

by John Muir
Nick McArdle
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For two years Scots-born John Muir lived in a small cabin along the Yosemite creek, observing the valley's natural beauty and reading Emerson under the stars. The experience forged a lifelong affinity with the site, which would result in its establishment as a national park in 1890. Originally written as a guidebook to the park, The Yosemite describes every aspect of wildlife and landscape that one might encounter there. In exuberant and reverent language, Muir presents its scaling peaks, winding rivers and thunderous creeks, and gives observations on nearly every plant, animal, and geological feature. With childlike awe he rides in avalanches, rushes to witness floods, and climbs rocks under waterfalls. The Yosemite is Muir's ode to nature and the magnificence of the outdoors.

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    February 17, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781781982648
      • File size: 217561 KB
      • Duration: 07:33:15

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    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      There's never been a better time to indulge in John Muir's inspiring observations of California's most iconic wilderness. Crafted over the two years that Muir lived in a tiny cabin alongside Yosemite Creek, around 1870, the work was originally intended as a guidebook to what would become Yosemite National Park. Nick McArdle's understated narration is intoxicatingly relaxing. A Scotsman, like Muir, McArdle allows the author's words to wash over listeners like a walk in the woods. Muir leaves no detail in the park unnoticed, and McArdle imparts the author's spring-in-his-step enthusiasm for every encounter with the park's flora, fauna, and geology. Muir's spirit of discovery and magical descriptions live on in this beautiful narrative trek through an awe-inspiring ecosystem. J.T. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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