[Excerpted Writings and Unpublished Excerpts on North American Indians.]
With well-documented excerpted writings, the author chronicles and compares John Muir's many experiences with native Americans to those of David Henry Thoreau, noting the similarities in the response of each to Indian culture. He delineates the gradual but increasing admiration each develops fo...
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ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/596 2023-05-15T16:06:53+02:00 [Excerpted Writings and Unpublished Excerpts on North American Indians.] In Fleck, Richard F., Henry Thoreau and John Muir among the Indians 1985 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/596 unknown Hamden [Conn.]: Archon Books For an earlier treatment of this subject see no. 470. 1985 ftunivpacific 2016-08-27T22:28:48Z With well-documented excerpted writings, the author chronicles and compares John Muir's many experiences with native Americans to those of David Henry Thoreau, noting the similarities in the response of each to Indian culture. He delineates the gradual but increasing admiration each develops for the Indians' skills, beliefs, and life-style so harmoniously integrated with nature. The conclusion is that their experiences with native Americans increased and intensified their understanding of the spiritual values of the wilderness, the unity of all life, and the need to live harmoniously with nature, ultimately influencing each in his own philosophy of life. Of equal importance in the discussion is the author's conviction that Thoreau was Muir's ""spiritual and literary mentor,"" significantly influencing all of Muir's writing, especially after the publication of Muir's first two books. In an Appendix are Muir's previously unpublished notes on Indians (pp. 85-90), including a sermon given in Alaska. In the illustrations is a hitherto unpublished Muir drawing of an Eskimo girl and a photograph of Muir's notes on the Modoc War. Other/Unknown Material eskimo* Alaska University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Indian |
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With well-documented excerpted writings, the author chronicles and compares John Muir's many experiences with native Americans to those of David Henry Thoreau, noting the similarities in the response of each to Indian culture. He delineates the gradual but increasing admiration each develops for the Indians' skills, beliefs, and life-style so harmoniously integrated with nature. The conclusion is that their experiences with native Americans increased and intensified their understanding of the spiritual values of the wilderness, the unity of all life, and the need to live harmoniously with nature, ultimately influencing each in his own philosophy of life. Of equal importance in the discussion is the author's conviction that Thoreau was Muir's ""spiritual and literary mentor,"" significantly influencing all of Muir's writing, especially after the publication of Muir's first two books. In an Appendix are Muir's previously unpublished notes on Indians (pp. 85-90), including a sermon given in Alaska. In the illustrations is a hitherto unpublished Muir drawing of an Eskimo girl and a photograph of Muir's notes on the Modoc War. |
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[Excerpted Writings and Unpublished Excerpts on North American Indians.] |
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Hamden [Conn.]: Archon Books |
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For an earlier treatment of this subject see no. 470. |
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