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A Definitive Biography Traces The Life Of John Muir From His Boyhood In Scotland Up To His Death On The Eve Of World War I And Offers Important Insights Into The Passionate Nature Of America's First Great Conservationist And Founder Of The Sierra Club. Prologue: Muir's Trail -- The Scottish Lowlands -- That Glorious Wisconsin Wilderness -- Climbing The Ice Mountain -- Border Crossings -- The Long Walk -- Paradise Found -- The Higher Peaks -- Coming In From The Cold -- The Shores Of Alaska -- Husbandry -- A Call To Lead -- The Company Of Green Men -- Earthquakes -- The Troubled Nature Of Wealth -- Slight Progress Heavenward. Donald Worster. Includes Bibliographical Notes And Bibliography (p. 467-508) And Index.