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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 91. Chapters: David Livingstone, David Douglas, John Rae, Alexander Mackenzie, John Muir, William Speirs Bruce, Aeneas Mackintosh, Harry McNish, Mungo Park, John McDouall Stuart, Alexander Berry, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Gregor MacGregor, John Arthur, Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Thomas Mitchell, James Bruce, James Hector, Francis Cadell, Joseph Stenhouse, James Augustus Grant, Henry Robertson Bowers, W. D. M. Bell, Archibald Menzies, William Paterson, John Murray, Joseph Thomson, William Balfour Baikie, William Cormack, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Hugh Clapperton, Sandy Glen, Alexander Gordon Laing, Charles Wyville Thomson, John Kirk, John Wood, Alexander Forbes, George Patterson, John MacGregor, John Richardson, Alistair Mackay, David Buchan, James Wordie, Peter Belches, John MacGillivray, Robert Gordon of Straloch, Macgregor Laird, James William Slessor Marr, James Murray, Alexander Mitchell Kellas, Robert Oliver Cunningham, John Cunningham, Walter Oudney, Douglas Allan, James Paton, Henry Ogg Forbes, William Downie, John Dundas Cochrane, Patrick Brydone, James Lamont, Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet, William Lithgow, Peter Cormack Sutherland, Alexander Buchan, Albert Armitage, Alexander Keith Johnston, William Penny. Excerpt: John Muir (21 April 1838 - 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. ...
