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My First Summer in the Sierra

by John Muir

A Sierra journal from John Muir’s first summer in Yosemite

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A Sierra journal from John Muir’s first summer in Yosemite

Drawn from John Muir’s journal of 1869, this account records a formative journey into Yosemite and the Sierra high country. Traveling alongside a flock of sheep and its shepherd, Muir documents the season through close attention to mountain landscapes, wildlife, and plant life, while also tracing his own explorations of the region. The book’s diary-based structure keeps the focus on daily observation and firsthand encounter, offering a nineteenth-century nature chronicle rooted in the Sierra’s summer pastures.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Yosemite, the Sierra Nevada, and the American West
  • Nature writing and journal-based travel narratives
  • Readers seeking John Muir’s firsthand observations of wildlife and plants

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Yosemite and the Sierra NevadaNatural historyExplorationJournalingWildlife and plant life

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Book overview

In the summer of 1869, John Muir made his first long trip to Yosemite. When a friend offered him the chance to accompany his flock of sheep and a shepherd to the high pastures of the Sierra, it was an opportunity Muir could not resist. My First Summer in the Sierra is the journal he kept of those summer days, of the wildlife and plant life, and of his explorations into the magical places of the mountains.
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