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
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nature memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sierra Club
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Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| author | John Muir ⓘ |
| basedOn | John Muir's 1869 journal ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | summer of 1869 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
Sequoia trees
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Yosemite National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Yosemite region
glaciers ⓘ mountain meadows ⓘ wildlife of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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nature writing ⓘ |
| hasForm |
diary
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travel narrative ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
environmental literature
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wilderness preservation philosophy ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
environmentalists
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general readers ⓘ nature enthusiasts ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ecological interconnection
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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
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conservation ⓘ natural history ⓘ sheepherding ⓘ wilderness ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed observational descriptions of nature
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influencing U.S. national park advocacy ⓘ |
| partOf |
John Muir
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surface form:
John Muir's collected works
|
| publicationYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | 1869 ⓘ |
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