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His portraits of nineteenth-century Russian life rival those of the great novelists

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The Mountains of California " in which a BlackA great hero of America's conservation movement, John Muir (18381914) was active in establishing the Yosemite Valley as a protected national park and in awakening interest in the importance of safeguarding natural resources. In this tribute to the grandeur of the Sierras, Muir recounts his journeys by foot through the Yosemite Valley, Mount Whitney, the famed sequoia forests, King's Canyon, and other wilderness areas. With a natural historian's keen