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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: 58. Chapters: James Hutton, Robert Chambers, John Muir, Geology of Scotland, Roderick Murchison, Patrick Geddes, Archibald Geikie, James Hector, Hugh Falconer, William Maclure, John Walker, James Keir, Iain Stewart, Robert Jameson, James David Forbes, Hugh Miller, John Clerk of Eldin, Joseph Thomson, William Bald, Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, George Young, John MacCulloch, George Fairholme, Stuart Monro, Andrew Ramsay, David Alexander Brown, John Baird Simpson, John Fleming, Thomas Jamieson, James Wordie, James Geikie, Leonard Horner, Maria Gordon, Alexander Bryson, Thomas Davidson, James Nicol, Robert Dick, William Nicol, William Abbott Herdman, Henry Duncan, John Murray, Robert Bruce Foote, Alexander Murray, John Craig, Douglas Allan, John Horne, Henry Cadell, James Jardine, David Milne-Home, John Smith Flett, George Walter Tyrrell, Thomas Webster, Dougal Dixon, Stanley Bowie. 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. One of the most well-known hiking trails in the U.S., the 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, was named in his honor. Other places named in his honor are Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park Bill that was passed in...
