Bibliography
BADE, WILLIAM F. The Life and Letters of John Muir (2 vols., 1923). Especially useful for its selection of Muir’s letters.
HOLMES, STEVEN J. The Young John Muir: An Environmental Biography (1999). Argues that Muir’s psychological development was important in shaping his relationship to the wilderness.
MERCHANT, CAROLYN. The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History (2002). Excellent survey with timeline and bibliography.
MILLARD, CANDICE. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey (2005). Theodore Roosevelt, the first environmentalist president, almost lost his life in the Amazonian expedition described in this book.
RUNTE, ALFRED. National Parks: The American Experience (1979). How America’s national parks came into being.
TEALE, EDWIN WAY, EDITOR. The Wilderness World of John Muir (1976). The best one-volume anthology of Muir’s writings.
WORSTER, DONALD. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir (2008). Modern exploration of John Muir’s life including his politics and transitions over time in his view of nature.
BADE, WILLIAM F. The Life and Letters of John Muir (2 vols., 1923). Especially useful for its selection of Muir’s letters.
HOLMES, STEVEN J. The Young John Muir: An Environmental Biography (1999). Argues that Muir’s psychological development was important in shaping his relationship to the wilderness.
MERCHANT, CAROLYN. The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History (2002). Excellent survey with timeline and bibliography.
MILLARD, CANDICE. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey (2005). Theodore Roosevelt, the first environmentalist president, almost lost his life in the Amazonian expedition described in this book.
RUNTE, ALFRED. National Parks: The American Experience (1979). How America’s national parks came into being.
TEALE, EDWIN WAY, EDITOR. The Wilderness World of John Muir (1976). The best one-volume anthology of Muir’s writings.
WORSTER, DONALD. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir (2008). Modern exploration of John Muir’s life including his politics and transitions over time in his view of nature.