Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.

Muir writes that Wrangell village ""is a rough place,"" and no place he knows of ""approaches it in picturesque, devil-may-care abandon. It is a moist dragglement of unpretentious wooden huts and houses that go wrangling and angling along the boggy curving shore of the...

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Published: San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 6, 1879 1879
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/1257 2023-05-15T18:44:23+02:00 Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879. 1879-09-06 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1257 unknown San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 6, 1879 See also: no. 175, v. 1, pp. 196-198; no. 333, pp. 25-31; no. 341, v. 3, pp. 30-38 Reprinted in Sept. 11, 1879 edition. 1879 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:38Z Muir writes that Wrangell village ""is a rough place,"" and no place he knows of ""approaches it in picturesque, devil-may-care abandon. It is a moist dragglement of unpretentious wooden huts and houses that go wrangling and angling along the boggy curving shore of the bay."" Nevertheless, Muir concedes that it ""is a tranquil place-tranquil as the lovely bay and the islands outspread in front of it, or the deep evergreen woods behind it."" Finally, Muir's enthusiasm ""for this noble wilderness, and so much kindness among the people"" prompts him to abandon his plan to return south, and instead remain and explore the mountains at hand. Other/Unknown Material Wrangel Island Alaska University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Wrangel Island ENVELOPE(-179.385,-179.385,71.244,71.244)
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description Muir writes that Wrangell village ""is a rough place,"" and no place he knows of ""approaches it in picturesque, devil-may-care abandon. It is a moist dragglement of unpretentious wooden huts and houses that go wrangling and angling along the boggy curving shore of the bay."" Nevertheless, Muir concedes that it ""is a tranquil place-tranquil as the lovely bay and the islands outspread in front of it, or the deep evergreen woods behind it."" Finally, Muir's enthusiasm ""for this noble wilderness, and so much kindness among the people"" prompts him to abandon his plan to return south, and instead remain and explore the mountains at hand.
title Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
spellingShingle Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
title_short Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
title_full Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
title_fullStr Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
title_full_unstemmed Notes of a Naturalist. John Muir in Alaska-Wrangel Island and its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days that Have No End-Pictures of Sound Life. Life Among the Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879.
title_sort notes of a naturalist. john muir in alaska-wrangel island and its picturesque attractions. summer days that have no end-pictures of sound life. life among the indians-boat life-wild berries. (special correspondence of the bulletin.) fort wrangel, alaska, august 8, 1879.
publisher San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 6, 1879
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genre_facet Wrangel Island
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op_relation See also: no. 175, v. 1, pp. 196-198; no. 333, pp. 25-31; no. 341, v. 3, pp. 30-38
Reprinted in Sept. 11, 1879 edition.
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