The Mountains of California (Modern Library Classics)

When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation.

Bill McKibben writes in his Introduction that Muir "invents, by sheer force of his love, an entirely new vocabulary and grammar of the wild . . . a language of ecstasy and exuberance."

The Mountains of California is as vibrant and vital today as when it was written over a century ago.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes the photographs and line drawings from the original 1898 edition.

• The Yosemite
• My First Summer in the Sierra
• Travels in Alaska
• The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures
• Wilderness Essays
• Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir’s Best Writings (California Legacy Book)
• My First Summer in the Sierra: with Illustrations
• A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
• Arctic Dreams
• John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America's Most Famous Trail