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Guardians of the Valley audiobook
- By: Dean King
- Narrator: Samantha Desz
- Category: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Nature
- Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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Guardians of the Valley Audiobook Summary
The dramatic and uplifting story of legendary outdoorsman and conservationist John Muir’s journey to become the man who saved Yosemite—from the author of the bestselling Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival.
In June of 1889 in San Francisco, John Muir—iconic environmentalist, writer, and philosopher—meets face-to-face for the first time with his longtime editor Robert Underwood Johnson, an elegant and influential figure at The Century magazine. Before long, the pair, opposites in many ways, decide to venture to Yosemite Valley, the magnificent site where twenty years earlier, Muir experienced a personal and spiritual awakening that would set the course of the rest of his life.
Upon their arrival the men are confronted with a shocking vision, as predatory mining, tourism, and logging industries have plundered and defaced “the grandest of all the special temples of Nature.” While Muir is consumed by grief, Johnson, a champion of society’s most pressing debates via the pages of the nation’s most prestigious magazine, decides that he and Muir must fight back. The pact they form marks a watershed moment, leading to the creation of Yosemite National Park, and launching an environmental battle that captivates the nation and ushers in the beginning of the American environmental movement.
Beautifully rendered, deeply researched, and inspiring, Guardians of the Valley is a moving story of friendship, the written word, and the transformative power of nature. It is also a timely and powerful “origin story” as the toweringly complex environmental challenges we face today become increasingly urgent.
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Guardians of the Valley Full Details
| Narrator | Samantha Desz |
| Length | 14 hours 7 minutes |
| Author | Dean King |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Release date | May 01, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781797152196 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Guardians of the Valley is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: national parks, history of national parks, yosemite, national parks history, john muir, national parks vacation, Robert Underwood Johnson, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, conservation, conservationists, Hetch Hetchy Valley, national monuments, Century Magazine, naturalists, history of conservation, environmental history, climate change, gifts for environmentalists, gifts for nature lovers, gifts for dad, post-Civil War history, Paiute people, nineteenth-century american history, 1916 National Park Service Organic Act, Father of Our National Parks, Kings Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt, San Francisco, California history, Muir Woods, , Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection, History, United States, 20th Century, Biography & Autobiography, Environmentalists & Naturalists The BISAC Subject Code is Environmental Conservation & Protection, Nature
Additional info
The publisher of the Guardians of the Valley is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781797152196.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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