My First Summer in the Sierra

My First Summer in the Sierra is a diary naturalist John Muir kept during the first summer he spent in the Sierra Mountains. He worked as a sheepherder, but he had a lot of time to observe nature, write about nature, and to make pictures of nature.

I was taken by Muir's knowledge of nature and his detailed observational skills. He is also a brilliant writer, with fresh comparisons and surprising thoughts.

Beautiful nature writing- John Muir kills it with his descriptions of the wilderness, of plants, of mountains. He treats it all with a sincerity we don't see much in the everyday. However, the book's not quite a pageturner and I wouldn't quite recommend it to a friend unless they're as much of a nature nut as myself.