Steep Trails. California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, The Grand Canon
Files
Kimes Entry Number
350
Original Date
9-1-1918
Publication
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
Page/Column
[xii], [392] pp.
Size/Description
Illus., 23.75 cm. Large Paper Edition, limited to 380 copies: green laid paper board covers, dark green buckram shelfback, black leather label with gilt-stamped lettering on spine; untrimmed edges. lllus.: colored photogravure front. with printed tissue and 16 plates tipped in. Price: $5.00
Reprint/Offprint
Contents (see numbers that follow chapter titles for prior publication): I. Wild Wool, no. 41; II. A Geologists's Winter Walk, no. 20; III. Summer Days at Mt. Shasta, no. 167-4, pp. [145]-156; IV. A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit, no. 167-4, pp. 156-165; V. Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories, no. 167-4, pp. 165-174; VI. The City of the Saints, no. 65; VII. A Great Storm in Utah, no. 66; VIII. Bathing in Salt Lake, no. 67; IX. Mormon Lilies, no. 69; X. The San Gabriel Valley, no. 71; XI. The San Gabriel Mountains, no. 72; XII. Nevada Farms, no. 78; XIII. Nevada Forests, no. 79; XIV. Nevada's Timber Belt, no. 82; XV. Glacial Phenomena in Nevada, no. 84; XVI. Nevada's Dead Towns, no. 86; XVII. Puget Sound, no. 167-6, pp. [265]-273; XVIII. The Forests of Washington, no. 167-6, pp. 273- 281; XIX. People and Towns of Puget Sound, no. 167-6, pp. 218-285; XX. An Ascent of Mount Rainier, no. 167-7, pp. 285-288; XXI. The Physical and Climatic Characteristics of Oregon, no. 167-7, pp. [385]- 396; XXII. The Forests of Oregon and Their Inhabitants, no. 167-7, pp. 396-407; XXIII. The Rivers of Oregon, no. 167-7, pp. 407-414; XXIV. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, no. 245. Index.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Steep Trails. California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, The Grand Canon" (1918). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 401.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/401
William and Maymie Kimes Annotation
This book is composed of a collection of magazine articles, letters to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, and three long essays previously presented in Picturesque California, all of which cover the period from 1873 to 1902. For other editions, see: no. 341, v. 8; no. 351; nos. 380 and 381; no. 422.