The trees round about them seem as perfect in beauty and form as the lilies, their boughs whorled like lily leaves in exact order. Anyhow not a leaf or petal seems misplaced. Rather, like gardeners, they seem to cultivate them, pressing and dibbling as required.

Awkward, lumbering bears, the Don tells me, love to wallow in them in hot weather, and deer with their sharp feet cross them again and again, sauntering and feeding, yet never a lily have I seen spoiled by them. And so the beauty of lilies falls on angels and men, bears and squirrels, wolves and sheep, birds and bees, but as far as I have seen, man alone, and the animals he tames, destroy these gardens. Yosemite Conservancy, Amazon.Is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert. Find out about BOOK SIGNINGS, VIDEO PRESENTATIONS & more, The publication of My First Summer in the Sierra inspired thousands to journey there, and this newly illustrated anniversary edition will surely inspire thousands more. The book also contains five photographs taken by Miller of John Muir's hand-written journal pages, including several Muir illustrations that have never been published before. Twenty-one illustrations by John Muir that were in the original edition are also included in the book. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the book’s original publication, and published in collaboration with Yosemite Conservancy, My First Summer in the Sierra: 100th Anniversary Illustrated Edition features seventy-two of Miller’s stunning photos, showcasing the dramatic landscape of the high Sierra.

The towering waterfalls, natural rock formations, and abundant plant and animal life helped Muir develop his views of the natural world, views that would eventually lead him to push for the creation of the national parks. The book details Muir’s first extended trip to the Sierra Nevada in what is now Yosemite National Park, a landscape that entranced him immediately and had a profound effect on his life. This time, Scot Miller takes on the seminal work of John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra. HOME THE PHOTOGRAPHS ABOUT SCOT MILLER EVENTS NEWS & REVIEWS PURCHASE PRINTS MUIR QUOTES 5 DAY HIKESīy John Muir Photographs by Scot Miller Foreword byĭayton Duncan and Ken Burns In collaboration withįrom the photographer who brought Thoreau’s Walden and Cape Codto life comes a new work combining classic literature with brand-new photography.

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