Our National Parks Author:John Muir First published in 1901, this classic collection of nature writing is best introduced by the famed naturalist himself, who writes in the Preface: "In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest r... more »eservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure." Chapters include: The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West, The Yellowstone National Park, The Yosemite National Park, Among the Animals of The Yosemite, The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, The American Forests, and much more. A treasure.« less