| Description |
xvii, 245 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire takes two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska, and combines them into a brisk and engaging biography. John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shining son of the Scottish Enlightenment -- both in temperament and intellect. Kim Heacox, author of The Only Kayak, bring us a story that evolves as Muir's life did, from one of outdoor adventure into one of ecological guardianship. Muir went from impassioned author to leading activist. Muir's legacy is that he reordered our priorities and contributed to a new scientific revolution that was picked up a generation later by Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, and is championed today by influential writers like E.O. Wilson and Jared Diamond. Heacox takes us into how Muir changed our world, advanced the science of glaciology and popularized geology. How he got people out there. How he gave America a new vision of Alaska, and of itself. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. |
| Local Note |
AVONNFIC, ENFDNFIC |
| Subject |
Nature conservation -- Alaska.
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Glaciers -- Alaska.
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Muir, John, 1838-1914.
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Climatic changes -- Alaska.
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| ISBN |
9780762792429 (hardback) |
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0762792426 (hardback) |
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