John Muir Writings

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir

Contents

1. A Boyhood in Scotland
2. A New World
3. Life on a Wisconsin Farm
4. A Paradise of Birds
5. Young Hunters
6. The Ploughboy
7. Knowledge and Inventions
8. The World and the University

Illustrations

• Boyhood home at Dunbar, Scotland
• Muir’s sketch of Muir Lake and meadow
• First Wisconsin home, from a sketch by Muir
• Muir’s sketch of Hickory Hill house
• Thermometer and self-setting sawmill
• Clock with star hand
• Barometer
• Desk
• Combined thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, and pyrometer

Bibliographic Information

Muir, John, 1838-1914. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913). 293 p., font. plates. 21 cm. Library of Congress Call Number QH31.M9 A35. LCCN 13005573. Copyright, 1912, 1913, by the Atlantic Monthly Company; 1913, by John Muir.

Scanned and converted to HTML by Dan E. Anderson, 1996, from a copy in the San Diego Public Library.

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