02009cam a2200301 4500 1261996533 TxAuBib 080825t20082006||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780763619572 hardcover 0763619574 hardcover 9780763638849 paperback 0763638846 paperback (OCoLC)10412 TWU TWU BAKER YDXCP ZBM BDX TxAuBib Lasky, Kathryn. John Muir : America's first environmentalist / by Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Stan Fellows. 1st paperback ed. Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2008. ©2006. 41 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40.) A biography of John Muir, naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club, whose travels, speeches and writings led directly to the creation of the Yosemite National Park in 1890 and other national parks that followed. From the meadows of Scotland to the farms of Wisconsin, from the swamps of Florida to the Alaskan tundra, John Muir loved the land. Born in 1838, he was a writer, a scholar, an inventor, a shepherd, a farmer, and an explorer, but above all, he was a naturalist. John Muir was particularly devoted to the high cliffs, waterfalls, and ancient giant sequoia trees that, through his careful influence, were set aside as the first national park in America - Yosemite. Here is the life story of the man who, moved by a commitment to wilderness everywhere, founded the Sierra Club in 1892, a conservation group that carries on his crucial work to this day. Muir, John 1838-1914 Juvenile literature. Naturalists United States Biography Juvenile literature. Conservationists United States Biography Juvenile literature. Picture books for children. Fellows, Stanley, 1957-