Wilderness Essays

Author：John Muir

Hardcover: 288 pages

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc; Revised edition (10 July 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1423607120

ISBN-13: 978-1423607120

Product Dimensions: 14 x 3.2 x 22.2 cm

书籍简介

This series celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. These books map the intimate connections between the human and the natural world. Literary naturalists transcend political boundaries, social concerns, and historical milieus; they speak for what Henry Beston called the other nations of the planet. Their message acquires more weight and urgency as wild places become increasingly scarce.

作者简介

约翰·缪尔（John Muir）

美国知名的自然主义者，现代环境保护运动的发起人，他帮助保护了约塞米蒂山谷等荒原，并创建了美国十分重要的环保组织山岭环保俱乐部（The Sierra Club）。在他的影响下，罗斯福总统于其任期内批准创建了53个野生动物保护区、十六个国家纪念保护区和六个国家公园，缪尔也因此被誉为“美国国家公园之父”。他把对自然的热爱化作极富有感染力的文字，满含深情地描绘自然的美，抒写人类与自然的亲密关系，对社会产生了非常大的影响。他的文字感动了一代又一代热爱自然的读者。