Stickeen

Name: Stickeen
Author: John Muir

by John Muir

Narrative of Muir's adventure with a dog in Alaska's wilderness

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John Muir

Scottish-American naturalist and conservationist who founded the Sierra Club and campaigned for the preservation of Yosemite and other wilderness areas. His lyrical descriptions of the natural world in My First Summer in the Sierra are among the finest in American nature writing. He persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to protect millions of acres.

More by John Muir

My First Summer in the SierraMuir's journal of his first wilderness season in California's Sierra Nevada
The Mountains of CaliforniaLyrical descriptions of California's mountain ranges and natural landscape
Travels in AlaskaTravel narrative of Muir's explorations in Alaska's glaciers and wilderness
Our National ParksEssays advocating preservation of American national parks and wild landscapes
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the GulfMuir's account of his thousand-mile walk from Indiana to Florida
The YosemiteDescription of Yosemite Valley and the natural wonders of California