{"product_id":"our-national-parks-9780299085940","title":"Our National Parks","description":"\u003ci\u003eOur National Parks\u003c\/i\u003e is a guidebook supreme, an exciting introduction to Yosemite and several other magnificent parks by the man who, more than any other person, helped to create them. After this fast-paced trip with Muir, past visitors to the parks will want to revisit them with new insights, and those who have never wandered these trails will not rest until they have done so.\u003cbr\u003e The book, long out of print, was originally published in 1901, its ten essays having previously appeared as articles in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. Muir wrote them with a single purpose-to entice people, by his descriptions, to come to the parks, to see and enjoy them. If enough people did so, reasoned Muir, they would surely love the wilderness as he did, and the parks would be preserved.\u003cbr\u003e Muir carried out his public relations mission with remarkable success. Every page of this book carries his unbridled and irresistible enthusiasm. \u003ci\u003eOur National Parks\u003c\/i\u003e is part reminiscence, part philosophy, and mostly enticing description. It is all vintage Muir.\u003cbr\u003e Although the book treats Yellowstone, Sequoia, General Grant, and other national parks of the Western U.S., Muir devotes the bulk of the work to his first love-Yosemite, settled into the heart of the Sierra Nevada. Indeed, six of the book's chapters are devoted to Yosemite, treating the forests, wild gardens, fountains and streams, animals, and birds of the park. The concluding essay is an impassioned plea to save American forests.\u003cbr\u003e All visitors to the great western national parks-and all who will one day visit them-will be captivated by Muir's descriptions. The grandeur of this wilderness is reflected in the very spirit of John Muir. Both shine through every page of this remarkable book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299085940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.52w x 0.85d","brand":"John Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42362315505845,"sku":"9780299085940","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f2545089-3d6a-4e9a-82d0-d88bcc0a9539.jpg?v=1662434274","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-national-parks-9780299085940","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}