John Muir Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

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Author: Muir, John
Title: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1916
Description:

xxvii, 220 pp. Edited with an Introduction by William Frederic Badè. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including a frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; map. (8vo) 21x13.5 cm (8¼x5¼"), green cloth, color pictorial cover label, lettered in white. First Trade Edition.

This autobiographical story tells of Muir's early life, from his departure from the University of Wisconsin to his first summer in the Sierra. Kimes states: "Muir's early writing included in this volume is important in disclosing his nature-oriented philosophy of life and the direction in which it was taking him." (Kimes 340; BAL 14773).
Condition Report: Faint rubbing to corners of boards; foxing to edges of textblock; else fine.