The Mountains of California

About this eBook

Author

Muir, John, 1838-1914

Credits

Beth Trapaga and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10012

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10012

Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Mountains of California — by John Muir — Contents — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
2. 2.CHAPTER I THE SIERRA NEVADA
3. 3.CHAPTER II THE GLACIERS
4. 4.CHAPTER III THE SNOW — SNOW-BANNERS
5. 5.CHAPTER IV A NEAR VIEW OF THE HIGH SIERRA
6. 6.CHAPTER V THE PASSES
7. 7.CHAPTER VI THE GLACIER LAKES — SHADOW LAKE — ORANGE LAKE — LAKE STARR KING
8. 8.CHAPTER VII THE GLACIER MEADOWS — HANGING MEADOWS
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII THE FORESTS — THE NUT PINE ( Pinus Sabiniana ) — Pinus tuberculata — SUGAR PINE ( Pinus Lambertiana ) — YELLOW, OR SILVER PINE ( Pinus ponderosa ) — DOUGLAS SPRUCE ( Pseudotsuga Douglasii ) — INCENSE CEDAR ( Libocedrus decurrens ) — WHITE SILVER FIR ( Abies concolor ) — MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIR, OR RED FIR ( Abies magnifica ) — BIG TREE ( Sequoia gigantea ) — TWO-LEAVED, OR TAMARACK, PINE ( Pinus contorta , var. Marrayana ) — MOUNTAIN PINE ( Pinus monticola ) — JUNIPER, OR RED CEDAR ( Juniperus occidentalis ) — HEMLOCK SPRUCE ( Tsuga Pattoniana ) — DWARF PINE ( Pinus albicaulis ) — WHITE PINE ( Pinus flexilis ) — NEEDLE PINE ( Pinus aristata ) — NUT PINE ( Pinus monophylla )
10. 10.CHAPTER IX THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL ( Sciurus Douglasii )
11. 11.CHAPTER X A WIND-STORM IN THE FORESTS
12. 12.CHAPTER XI THE RIVER FLOODS
13. 13.CHAPTER XII SIERRA THUNDER-STORMS
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII THE WATER-OUZEL
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV THE WILD SHEEP ( Ovis montana )
16. 16.CHAPTER XV IN THE SIERRA FOOT-HILLS
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI THE BEE-PASTURES

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