{"product_id":"9781910240854","title":"Muir and More: John Muir, his life and walks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Muir\u003c\/b\u003e – a life, but also a hike. \u003cb\u003eMuir\u003c\/b\u003e is 200 miles of high-level granite and pine, but also the inventor of a clockwork self-awakening bed and the American national park system. \u003cb\u003eMuir\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003cb\u003eEast Lothian’s\u003c\/b\u003e Man of the Millennium – this despite the fact that he left \u003cb\u003eScotland\u003c\/b\u003e for ever at the age of eleven – and one of the best long paths in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r \u003cp\u003eAward-winning outdoor writer \u003cb\u003eRonald Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e follows \u003cb\u003eJohn Muir\u003c\/b\u003e from his birthplace in \u003cb\u003eDunbar\u003c\/b\u003e to the \u003cb\u003eCalifornian trail\u003c\/b\u003e that bears his name. A perceptive, humorous companion over 210 miles of the \u003cb\u003eSierra Nevada\u003c\/b\u003e (and 45 miles of East Lothian coast), \u003cb\u003eTurnbull\u003c\/b\u003e shares remote camps with some eccentric trail types, pokes fun at Thoreau and explores the paradoxes inherent in the preservation of wilderness. Most of all, he reflects on the life and ideas of \u003cb\u003eJohn Muir\u003c\/b\u003e himself: pioneering conservationist, writer and walker, inspired visionary and tiresome tree-hugger - the exiled Scot who invented the American outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137382269168,"sku":"9781910240854","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910240854_p0.jpg?v=1763626185","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910240854","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}