• Home
  • Search
  • Browse Collections
  • My Account
  • About
  • DC Network Digital Commons Network™
Skip to main content
Scholarly Commons University of the Pacific
  • Home
  • About
  • FAQ
  • My Account

Home > University Libraries > HASC - Digital Archives > John Muir Papers > John Muir Manuscript Drafts and Writings (1864-1914) > John Muir Draft Autobiography

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

 

In the summer of 1908 railroad magnate Edward Harriman invited John Muir to his Pelican Bay lodge on the shores of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Harriman’s secretary took dictation as Muir sauntered and told stories in hopes that Muir would finally write an autobiography. Much of what he dictated became parts of his other books – in particular The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. In a letter to his daughter in 1910, he referred to it as, “that Pelican Bay Auto- stuff.”

This document includes Muir’s typed manuscript of pages 3-473. There are many drafts of this same document in the John Muir Papers, but still many missing pages from all drafts. Where Muir had made substantive revisions, both the original page and the revised page (with a red boundary) is available here.

Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.

Follow

Switch View to Grid View Slideshow
 
  • Part 01 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 01 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 02 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 02 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 03 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 03 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 04 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 04 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 05 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 05 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 06 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 06 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 07 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 07 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 08 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 08 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 09 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 09 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 10 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 10 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

  • Part 11 John Muir Autobiography by John Muir

    Part 11 John Muir Autobiography

    John Muir
    Date Original: c.1908

 
 
 

Search

Advanced Search

  • Notify me via email or RSS

Browse

  • Collections
  • Disciplines
  • Authors

Author Corner

  • Author FAQ

Links

  • Holt-Atherton Special Collections homepage
University of the Pacific
 
Elsevier - Digital Commons

Home | About | FAQ | My Account | Accessibility Statement

Privacy Copyright