Creator

G. Frederick Schwarz

Recipient

John Muir

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[letterhead]3would require the wanderings of many summers, so full is the region of Nature's intimate whisperings and of every kind of majesty and beauty.In your Mountains of California and National Parks many a half-forgottenscene and impression dear to memory was renewed and made vivid once more; and in this book I have found a similar pleasure. When[letterhead]4you tell of the grand, heavenly architecture of the clouds that was built up over the Sierra peaks day after day, certain memorable September days of 1903 come back to me, when I lingered in the upper Kern canyon on my way to Mt. Whitney. Here there arose every morning some of the most expressive, incomparable cloud scenery that05268

Location

Santa Barbara, Calif.

Date Original

1912 Sep 1

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_1273-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 1273

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Owning Institution

University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Page Number

Page 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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