Creator

W[illiam] B[elmont] Parker

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

December 1, 1900.

Dear Mr. Muir,

The suggestion about your autobiography which I sent you a week or two ago on the spur of the moment after a delightful talk with Mr. Burroughs was of course purely personal. I am happy now to write you that the project—or possibility—seems equally attractive to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, and at the last meeting of the House in committee it was the unanimous wish that you should write your biography and give them the opportunity to publish it.
To all of us here the idea of the book is very engaging:—the untrammelled narrative of a life so varied as yours has been in its activities, passed so largely in the more immediate presence of the great nature forces; and its inner experiences probably not less varied—attracts us strongly.
The chance seems to be excellent, then, of your doing a great many people a friendly turn, and it would give us genuine pleasure to learn that you were inclined to undertake it.

Yours sincerely,
N. B. Parker.

Mr. John Muir.

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Location

Boston

Date Original

1900 Dec 1

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0473-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0473

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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

Pages

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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