DESCARGA
Steep Trails
Synopsis
John Muir’s “Steep Trails” is a collection of essays shaped by the author’s personal encounters with the natural world. Across landscapes such as California, Utah, Nevada, and the Grand Canyon, Muir observes wilderness closely and reflects on what draws him to its beauty and challenges. In the opening, he considers the value of nature and wildness in contrast to human culture and cultivation, beginning with his attention to wild sheep and their especially fine wool. From that starting point, he develops broader ideas about nature’s creations having their own purposes and questions the impulse to reshape the wild to suit human needs.
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