A01=Montrew Dunham
A12=Al Fiorentino
activism
activist
Author_Al Fiorentino
Author_Montrew Dunham
Category=YFB
environment
environmentalism
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forests
hiking trails
John Muir Trail
naturalist
preservation
Sequoia National Park
Sierra Club
wilderness
Yosemite
Product details
- ISBN 9780689819964
- Weight: 213g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1998
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His activism helped to preserve Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is still active today. The John Muir Trail is a 211-mile hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada.
Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.
Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.
Montrew Dunham is the author of a number of historical biographies for young readers in the popular Childhood of Famous Americans series. When she isn’t writing, she loves spending time with her family, children, and grandchildren in Illinois and Texas.
