My First Summer in the Sierra

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My First Summer in the Sierra is a classic nature memoir by John Muir recounting his transformative 1869 experiences in California’s Sierra Nevada and helping inspire the American conservation movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
nature memoir
non-fiction book
associatedWith Sierra Club
Yosemite National Park
author John Muir
basedOn John Muir's 1869 journal
chronologicalScope summer of 1869
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes Sequoia trees
Yosemite National Park
surface form: Yosemite region

glaciers
mountain meadows
wildlife of the Sierra Nevada
genre autobiographical literature
nature writing
hasForm diary
travel narrative
hasIllustrations yes
hasInfluenced environmental literature
wilderness preservation philosophy
hasTargetAudience environmentalists
general readers
nature enthusiasts
hasTheme ecological interconnection
human relationship with wilderness
preservation of wild lands
spiritual value of nature
influenced American conservation movement
influencedBy Transcendentalism
language English
literaryMovement American nature writing tradition
literaryPeriod early 20th century American literature
mainSubject Sierra Nevada
conservation
natural history
sheepherding
wilderness
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor detailed observational descriptions of nature
influencing U.S. national park advocacy
partOf John Muir
surface form: John Muir's collected works
publicationYear 1911
publisher Houghton Mifflin
settingLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada
timeOfNarrative 1869

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