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Title: My First Summer in the Sierra
Author: John Muir
Release Date: May 26, 2010 [EBook #32540]
Language: English
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THE WRITINGS OF JOHN MUIR
Sierra Edition
VOLUME II
[Illustration: _The Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park_]
MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA
BY
JOHN MUIR
[Illustration]
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY JOHN MUIR
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
THE SIERRA CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
FAITHFUL DEFENDER OF THE PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUNDS
CONTENTS
I. THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS WITH A FLOCK OF SHEEP 3
II. IN CAMP ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED 32
III. A BREAD FAMINE 75
IV. TO THE HIGH MOUNTAINS 86
V. THE YOSEMITE 115
VI. MOUNT HOFFMAN AND LAKE TENAYA 149
VII. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE 178
VIII. THE MONO TRAIL 195
IX. BLOODY CANYON AND MONO LAKE 214
X. THE TUOLUMNE CAMP 232
XI. BACK TO THE LOWLANDS 254
INDEX 265
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE YOSEMITE FALLS, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK _Frontispiece_
The total height of the three falls is 2600 feet. The upper fall is
about 1600 feet, and the lower about 400 feet. Mr. Muir was
probably the only man who ever looked down into t
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