the john muir exhibit - writings - picturesque california
Picturesque California
and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico
(1888-1890)
Edited by
John Muir
Contents
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Peaks and Glaciers of the High Sierra
(by John Muir)
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The Passes of the High Sierra
(by John Muir)
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A Glimpse of Monterey
(by J. R. Fitch)
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The Yosemite Valley
(by John Muir)
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Totokonulu
(poem by J. Vance Cheney)
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A Visit to the Lick Observatory
(by Edward S. Holden)
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About the Bay of San Francisco
(by W. C. Bartlett)
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Game Regions of the Upper Sacramento
(by Joaquin Miller)
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The Heart of Southern California
(by Jeanne C. Carr)
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Mount Shasta
(by John Muir)
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Southernmost California
(by T. S. Van Dyke)
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North of the Golden Gate
(by Kate Field)
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Early California Mining and the Argonauts
(by Joaquin Miller)
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The Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains
(by George Hamlin Fitch)
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The San Joaquin Valley
(by Joaquin Miller)
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The Foothill Region of the Northern Coast Range
(by Charles Howard Shinn)
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The New City by the Great Sea--San Francisco
(by Joaquin Miller)
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On the Height
(poem by J. Vance Cheney)
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The Sacramento Valley
(by John P. Irish)
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The Tule Region
(by Charles Howard Shinn)
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Monterey to Ventura
(by WIlliam L. Ogle)
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The Plain of Oaks
(by Albert E. Gray)
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The Land of the Redwoods
(by Charles Howard Shinn)
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Washington and the Puget Sound
(by John Muir)
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The Basin of the Columbia River
(by John Muir)
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The Canadian Rockies
(by Ernest Ignersoll)
Bibliographic Information
Originally published as thirty parts, then ten, and finally as two volumes (J. Dewing and Company: 1888-1890).
Reprinted as West of the Rocky Mountains
(Philadelphia: Running Press, 1976).
Chapters 10, 24, and 25
were reprinted in
Chapters 3-5, 17-20, and 21-23, respectively, of
Steep Trails
Book scanned and converted to HTML by Dan E. Anderson,
2000.
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