The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Muir
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1840-1880
- Setting: Scotland and Wisconsin
- Principal Characters: John Muir, Daniel Muir, Ann Gilrye Muir, David Muir, Sarah Muir
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nature, Nineteenth century, Immigration or emigration, Scotland or Scottish people, Ecology, Environment or environmental health, Frontier or pioneer life, Naturalists
- Locales: Wisconsin, Scotland
Written as it was in the winter of life, this autobiography deserves a place among the confessions and apologies which recall eternal spring. The work contains what most pleased the writer’s public and what most endures with posterity, a delightful yet serious account of formative years. Universally applauded for its sweet simplicity, blithe charm, and fresh truth, the book went into nine printings in its first ten years; it remains an inspiration to the young and a pleasant reminder to the old of what life was and yet can be.
Brought up in Calvinist Scotland under the constant...
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