Travels in Alaska

This classic account of John Muir's adventures and discoveries during three visits to Alaska in 1879, 1880, and 1890 is now available in a handsomely designed edition as part of the John Muir Library Series. This book, which Muir was working on at the time of his death, vividly recreates his explorations (including the discovery of Alaska's largest tidal glacier, now named in his honor), his sojourn among Indian tribes, and his unbounded awe of, and delight in, the untamed Alaskan wilderness. Venturing on foot, by canoe and dogsled, Muir was equally excited by his first view of an unfamiliar species of flower, bird, or tree, or the "supreme, serene, supernatural beauty" of Alaskan auroras. Here also are his harrowing accounts of near death between grinding walls of glacial ice and of rescuing a companion from a thousand-foot precipice.Muir, John is the author of 'Travels in Alaska', published 1988 under ISBN 9780871567833 and ISBN 0871567830.