Activist, Botanist (21-Apr-1838 — 24-Dec-1914)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Charles P. Graves. John Muir. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. 1973.

Herbert F. Smith. John Muir. Twayne. 1965. 158pp.

Hildegarde Hoyt Swift. From the Eagle's Wing: A Biography of John Muir. William Morrow. 1962. 273pp.

John Winkley. John Muir: Naturalist: A Concise Biography. Nashville, TN: Parthenon Press. 1959.

Linnie Marsh Wolfe. Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir. University of Wisconsin Press. 2003. 440pp.

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Wikipedia [link]

4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers

5. Encyclopedia of American Biography (p.813)

6. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.1051)

7. Webster's American Biographies (p.751)

8. Twentieth Century Authors (p.994)

9. The Oxford Companion to American Literature, 5th Edition (p.514)

10. Benet's Readers Encyclopedia, 4th Edition (p.709)

11. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (p.522)

12. Concise Dictionary of American Biography (p.712)

13. Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientists (p.347)

14. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.130)

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