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03783aam a2200517 i 4500 001 EE113AE4CC3E11E392666388DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140425010036 008 131228s2014 ctuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2013050235 020 $a 0762792426 (hardback) 020 $a 9780762792429 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)868000168 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d MLY $d IK2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ak 050 00 $a QH76.5.A4 $b H43 2014 082 00 $a 333.7209798 $2 23 084 $a HIS036140 $a HIS036140 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Heacox, Kim. 245 10 $a John Muir and the ice that started a fire : $b how a visionary and the glaciers of Alaska changed America / $c Kim Heacox. 264 1 $a Guildford, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, An Imprint of Globe Pequot Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xvii, 245 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire takes two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska, and combines them into a brisk and engaging biography.John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shining son of the Scottish Enlightenment -- both in temperament and intellect. Kim Heacox, author of The Only Kayak, bring us a story that evolves as Muir's life did, from one of outdoor adventure into one of ecological guardianship. Muir went from impassioned author to leading activist. He would popularize glaciers unlike anybody else, and be to glaciers what Jacques Cousteau would be to the oceans and Carl Sagan to the stars The book also offers an environmental caveat on global climate change and the glaciers' retreat alongside a beacon of hope: Muir shows us how one person changed America, helped it embrace its wilderness, and in turn, gave us a better world.In 2005, Californians had to choose a design for its commemorative quarter. Hundreds of submissions - the iconic Hollywood sign above Hollywood Hills, the 1849 Gold Rush, the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. - fell away until one remained: an image of John Muir. 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of Muir's death. Muir's legacy is that he reordered our priorities and contributed to a new scientific revolution that was picked up a generation later by Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, and is championed today by influential writers like E.O. Wilson and Jared Diamond. Heacox takes us into how Muir changed our world, advanced the science of glaciology and popularized geology. How he got people out there. How he gave America a new vision of Alaska, and of itself. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. 650 0 $a Nature conservation $z Alaska. 650 0 $a Glaciers $z Alaska. 600 10 $a Muir, John, $d 1838-1914. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $z Alaska. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). $2 bisacsh 941 $a 12 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430015652.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214025259.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020628.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722042658.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323022949.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006075532.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719023807.0 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20180714033559.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20170728030429.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20160923041138.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20141211010754.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20141114033824.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EE113AE4CC3E11E392666388DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search