John Muir: America's First Environmentalist |
Publication Information
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Author: Lasky, Kathryn |
Illustrator: Fellows, Stan |
Title: John Muir: America's First Environmentalist |
Date: 2006 |
Publisher: Candlewick |
City: Cambridge, MA |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7636-1957-4 |
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, diaries and journals
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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Summary: |
From a work-filled childhood as an immigrant from Scotland, self-taught John Muir worked to study and save the wilderness he loved, resulting in the first protected National Park at Yosemite and the founding of the Sierra Club for conservation. The author includes an epilogue, a bibliography and information about the Sierra Club. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Students can use this book as a beginning to their research into the life of John Muir. They might benefit from making a layered timeline of the events of Muir's life and how these events affected the U.S. Government. The Internet provides information about land conservation and legislation and the Sierra Club and its mission (www.sierraclub.org). |
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Types of Journals
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