A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf
dc.contributor.author | Muir, John, 1838-1914. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Badé, William Frederic, 1871-1936. | en_US |
dc.contributor.illustrator | Gleason, Herbert W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.illustrator | Watson, Amelia M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-29T14:13:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-29T14:13:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1916 | |
dc.description.abstract | Published posthumously and edited by William Frederic Badé. Taken from Muir's notebook about his long botanical excursion of 1867, a typewritten rough copy of the journal, and subsequent work based on Muir's experiences in Savannah. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Illustrations: photographs and drawings by John Muir: John Muir about 1870 (from a photograph by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, Cal. -- Map showing route of walk to the Gulf -- Kentucky oaks (from a photograph by Theodore Eitel) -- Entrance to Mammoth Cave (from a photograph. By courtesy of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad) -- The Clinch River, Tennessee (from a photograph. By courtesy of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad)-- A southern pine (from a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason) -- Spanish moss (Tillandsia) (from a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason) -- In Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah (from a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason) -- By the St. John's River in eastern Florida (from a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason) -- A Florida palmetto hummock, of "hammock" (from a photograph by Herbert K. Job) -- Lime Key Florida (from Mr. Muir's sketch in the original journal) -- Morro Castle and entrance to Havana Harbor (from a photograph) Twenty Hill Hollow, Merced County, California (from a sketch by Mr. Muir). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The colored half-tone of a Florida sunset which appears on the cover is from a water-color by Miss Amelia M. Watson. | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Kentucky forests and caves -- Crossing the Cumberland Gap -- Through the river country of Georgia -- Camping among the Tombs -- Through Florida swamps and forests -- Cedar Keys -- A sojourn in Cuba -- By a crooked route to California -- Twenty Hill Hollow. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10605/277 | |
dc.publisher | Houghton Mifflin | |
dc.rights | The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these images in any form, an attribution of "Courtesy of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library" must accompany the image. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Muir, John, 1838-1914--Travel. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Botany--Southern States. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Naturalists--United States--Biography. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Southern States--Description and travel. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | California--Description and travel. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cuba--Description and travel. | en_US |
dc.title | A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |