The Mountains of California: An enthusiastic nature diary from the founder of national parks : Vertebrate Publishing : 9781911342106 : 191134210X : 11 Oct 2018 : ?How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.' John Muir is known internationally for his dedication to protecting the environment and for founding The Sierra Club in 1892. His first book, as Muir authority Terry Gifford writes in the foreword, ?became the bible of the fledgling Sierra Club, which is now a major national environmental activists' organisation with branches in every corner of America'. The Mountains of California not only details Muir's visits to the magnificent mountains along the Sierra Nevada Range, which he affectionately calls ?The Range of Light', but also the stunning glaciers, forests and landscapes that he encounters: ?Climbing higher, I saw for the first time the gradual dwarfing of the pines in compliance with cl