My First Summer in the Sierras
Author: John Muir
Muir kept this journal on his first extended trip to Yosemite in 1869. Here he faithfully recorded his impressions of the dazzling animal and plant life he encountered in the magnificent Sierra.
Table of Contents:
| Biographical Note | v | |
| Illustrations | xiii | |
| Introduction | xv | |
| A Note on the Text | xxix | |
| My First Summer in the Sierra | 3 |
Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
Author: Bill Bryson
An unsparing and hilarious account of one man's rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.
Michele Slung
Inspired by a fit of trans-Atlantic nostalgia to go out and ''look for America,'' Mr. Bryson slogs from state to state (38 in all), rarely being anything other than glumly disappointed by what he finds....It's unfortunate, but once the joyless tone of 'The Lost Continent'' is set, one has the sensation of being the sort of hitchhiker found usually in the Twilight Zone - locked in a car with a boor at the wheel and the radio tuned to static. -- New York Times
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