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About this book
John Muir: My Life with Nature
This unique autobiography of John Muir is told in his own words, brimming with his spirit and his adventures. The text was compiled and written by naturalist Joseph Bharat Cornell, author of Sharing Nature, Flow Learning and Deep Nature Play and well loved for his ability to help others experience the joyous quality of nature. Cornell is especially appreciated for his own childlike spirit that sparkles through his writings. The result is a book with an aliveness, a presence of goodness, adventure, enthusiasm, and sensitive love of each animal and plant that will give young adults an experience of a true hero. It is a book that expands your sense of hope, adventure, and awareness. Adults will be just as fond of this book as young readers.
Joseph Bharat Cornell is an internationally renowned author and founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planet's most widely respected nature awareness programs. His first book, Sharing Nature with Children, "sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education" and has been published in twenty languages and sold half a million copies. He is the honorary president of Sharing Nature Association of Japan, which has 10,000 members and 35,000 trained leaders.
He the author of the Sharing Nature Book series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Cornell's books, Listening to Nature and The Sky and Earth Touched Me, have inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature. Two recent books of his: The Sky and Earth Touched Me and Sharing Nature were awarded Indie Book Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction.
Known for his warmth and joyful enthusiasm, Cornell "has a genius for finding the essence of a subject, explaining it in clear and compelling ways, and then giving the reader creative exercises to gain an actual experience."
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- A Note from the Author
- I. Free As the Wind
- II. Backwoods Genius
- III. Only Wild Beauty
- IV. Favorite Animals
- V. Forever a Mountaineer
- VI. Snow Flowers, Ice Rivers and a Dog
- VII. Make the Mountains Glad
- VIII. Fellow Mortals
- IX. Nature’s Goodness
- Explore More
- Further Reading
- Credits
- Sharing Nature and Joseph Bharat Cornell
- Ananda Village
- Acknowledgments