Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Katharine Hooker]

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1912[letterhead]On the steamship Windhuk, Zanzibar harbor, Feb. 2, 1912Dear friend:Los Angeles days begin to look langsyney & the sea & continent spaces between us awfully wide. Nevertheless you have always been in sight--heartsight--and oftentimes I've though of you & Marian in the midst of infinite work wishing you were able to enjoy some of the more accessible of the wonderful places I've been wandering in, all of them full of immortal good things. My luck throughout all the trip has been wonderful, clearing ways through everything, guding apparently as stars are guided.Anyhow it seems that on this pair of hot wild continents I've

Location

Zanzibar [E. Africa]

Date Original

1912 Feb 2

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0805-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0805

Copyright Statement

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

Owning Institution

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Page Number

Page 1

Keywords

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

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