Steep trails; California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canon.

"The papers brought together in this volume have, in a general way, been arranged in chronological sequence. They span a period of twenty-nine years of Muir's life, during which they appeared as letters and articles, for the most part in publications of limited and local circulation."--Editor's note.

Wild wool.--A geologist's winter walk.--Summer days at Mount Shasta.--A perilous night on Shasta's summit.--Shasta rambles and Modoc memories.--The city of the Saints.--A great storm in Utah.--Bathing in Salt Lake.--Mormon lilies.--The San Gabriel Valley.--The San Gabriel Mountains.--Nevada farms.--Nevada forests.--Nevada's timber belt.--Glacial phenomena in Nevada.--Nevada's dead towns.--Puget Sound.--The forests of Washington.--People and towns of Puget Sound.--An ascent of Mount Rainier.--The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon.--The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants.--The rivers of Oregon.--The Grand Cañon of the Colorado.

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