A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is John Muir’s posthumously published travel memoir chronicling his 1867 botanical trek from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, blending nature writing with early environmentalist thought.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
nature writing
non-fiction book
travel memoir
author John Muir
basedOn John Muir's 1867 walking journey
contains journal-like entries
philosophical reflections
social observations of the Reconstruction-era South
countryOfOrigin United States
describesActivity long-distance walking
plant collecting
endLocationOfJourney Gulf of Mexico
features descriptions of landscapes
detailed botanical observations
early conservationist ideas
reflections on nature and spirituality
genre environmental literature
travel literature
hasCentralFigure John Muir
hasInfluenced American environmental thought
perception of John Muir as an environmentalist
language English
literaryMovement American nature writing tradition
early environmentalism
mainSubject American South
Gulf of Mexico
botany
conservation
natural history
wilderness
narrativePerspective first-person
periodDescribed post–American Civil War era
publicationStatus posthumous
settingRegion Gulf Coast
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED
Southern United States
startLocationOfJourney Indiana
theme human relationship with nature
simplicity and walking as spiritual practice
value of wilderness preservation
timeOfJourney 1867

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John Muir
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