John Muir 
The Mountains of California 

In his first book, ’The Mountains of California’, John Muir, famed naturalist, recounts his travels to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite Valley. A captivating and vivid portrait of the raw beauty of nature, ’The Mountains of California’ compels the reader to see that which Muir describes for oneself and urges for the preservation of such national and natural treasures.