Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879

John Muir and Jeanne C. Smith Carr

Before the world knew John Muir, a Wisconsin professor's wife believed in him. These letters to Mrs. Carr span his wandering years, pouring out his love of glaciers, forests, and the high Sierra in prose already burning bright. Intimate glimpses of a naturalist finding his voice. Read the young Muir writing from the wild.