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The Yosemite by John Muir

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The Yosemite eBook
56,484 words, approx. 188 pages
The complete online text of The Yosemite by John Muir.


Biography

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Biography of John Muir
420 words, approx. 1.4 pages
The writings of John Muir (1838-1914), American naturalist and explorer, are important for their scientific observations and their contributions to the cause of conservation. John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, on April 21, 1838. If his recollections...
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Biography of John Muir
9425 words, approx. 31.4 pages
On a May morning in 1903 two men pose for a photograph at Glacier Point, above Yosemite Valley in the heart of the Sierra Nevada of California. They have slept the night in the open and have woken under a blanket of four inches of snow. The man dressed i...
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Biography of John Muir
6321 words, approx. 21.1 pages
John Muir is one of the most important figures in the history of the American conservation movement. A self-styled "poetico-trampo-geologist-bot. and ornith-natural, etc!-!-!," he remains a strong influence on environmentalists, and except for the influe...


News and Journals
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New orchid smells like 'sweaty feet'
7/17/2007: 697 words, approx. 2 pages
A foul-smelling orchid that flourishes only in Yosemite National Park and was first collected in 1923 is a distinct species, scientists announced Monday after re-evaluating the flower.Botanist Alison Colwell said the species' minute, tennis-ball yellow flowers weren't what first led her to it, but rather...
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Summer crowds at Yosemite's Half Dome
7/16/2007: 299 words, approx. 1 pages
Hordes of tourists are clogging the cable handrails on the slope leading up Yosemite's iconic Half Dome, delaying climbers and frustrating serious athletes who say the unprepared masses have made the hike unpleasant and downright dangerous, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.The number of weekend...
 


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The Yosemite by John Muir

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