My First Summer in the Sierra.
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Kimes Entry Number
299
Original Date
5-1-1911
Publication
My First Summer in the Sierra. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Page/Column
[365] pp.
Size/Description
Illus. 21 com. Dark green cloth with pictorial decoration in black, green, and gilt; gilt-stamped lettering on spine and front cover, top edges gilt. Illus.: 11 plates with printed tissues tipped in; text illus. from authors sketches.
Reprint/Offprint
Prior to publications of the book, an abridged verison appeared serially in The Atlantic Monthly, nos. 295-298.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "My First Summer in the Sierra." (1911). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 339.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/339
William and Maymie Kimes Annotation
Muir was seventy-two years old when he began to prepare the journal of his first summer in the Sierra for publication. With the skillfull editing of his mature years, he retains the refreshing spontanetiy and enthusiasm of his youthful experiences and observations, interspersed as they are with his lyrical and oft-times mystical reflections. Thus, this book, published near the apex of his career, reap the competence of age while capturing the essence of youth, and becomes, we believe his finest book.