My Boyhood A Story Book

Author : John Muir
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:8596547386070

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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth reveals the beginnings of the forming of Muir's special relation towards nature. He considered the encounters with nature as quite an adventure and at first, paid special attention to bird life. John Muir understood that to discover truth, he must turn to what he believed were the most accurate sources. In his autobiographical account, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, he writes that during his childhood, his father made him read the Bible every day. Muir eventually memorized three-quarters of the Old Testament and all of the New Testament. In his autobiography, written near the end of his life, he described his life from childhood years in Scotland and moving to America to student years in Wisconsin. When he was a student in the University of Wisconsin, he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown him there, and especially the sympathy which Mrs. Carr, as a botanist and a lover of nature, felt in the young manes interests and aims, led to the formation of a lasting friendship. He regarded Mrs. Carr, indeed, as his "spiritual mother," and his letters to her in later years are the outpourings of a sensitive spirit to one who he felt thoroughly understood and sympathized with him.

Author : Henry C. Barkley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Readers
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5HHZ

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My Boyhood by Henry C. Barkley Pdf

Author : Henry C. Barkley,E.P. Dutton (Firm),J.J. Little & Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:21930364

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My Boyhood by Henry C. Barkley,E.P. Dutton (Firm),J.J. Little & Co Pdf

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1883011248

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John Muir: Nature Writings (LOA #92) by John Muir Pdf

Known as the "Father of the National Parks," John Muir wrote about the American West with unmatched passion and eloquence—as seen in this stunning, one-volume collection In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness who founded the Sierra Club in 1892, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of the American West. Nature Writings collects Muir's most significant and best-loved works in a single volume, including: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913), My First Summer in the Sierra (1911), The Mountains of California (1894) and Stickeen (1909). Rounding out the volume is a rich selection of essays—including "Yosemite Glaciers," "God's First Temples," "Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta," "The American Forests," and "Save the Redwoods"—that highlight various aspects of his career: his exploration of the Grand Canyon and of what became Yosemite and Yellowstone national parks, his successful crusades to preserve the wilderness, his early walking tour to Florida, and the Alaska journey of 1879. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Author : Henry C. Barkley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0332899594

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My Boyhood by Henry C. Barkley Pdf

Excerpt from My Boyhood: A Story Book for Boys I know there are many errors in the book, and that as a boy I did many things I should not, but I trust my readers will be lenient to the for mer and kindly overlook the latter, for they will see I went to the dogs before I was into my teens, and therefore much cannot be expected from an old fellow who made such a bad begin ning. I know they will skip all the accounts of my evil doings, and deeply ponder over those that are good (if there are any); for since my days boys are not the young limbs my Old nurse said I was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:221973996

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My Boyhood Days by Rabindranath Tagore Pdf

Author : Stephen Grady,Michael Wright
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444760613

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Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance by Stephen Grady,Michael Wright Pdf

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write... September 1939, Nieppe, Northern France. 14 year-old Stephen is living with his family, 25 kilometres from Ypres. His French mother battles with her encroaching blindness. Failing to escape the advancing German army, his English father can no longer look after the war graves that cast so heartbreaking a shadow across the region. Stephen and his friend Marcel embark upon their great adventure: collecting souvenirs from strafed convoys and crashed Messerschmitts. But their world turns dark when arrested and imprisoned for sabotage and threatened with deportation or the firing squad. Upon his release, and still only 16, Stephen is recruited by the French Resistance. Growing up under the threat of imminent betrayal, he learns the arts of clandestine warfare, and - in a moment that haunts him still - how to kill... Such was the impact of Stephen Grady's work for the French Resistance, (especially during the countdown to D-Day and its bloody aftermath) that he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the American Medal of Freedom.

Author : Kumut Chandruang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Thailand
ISBN : UOM:39015038229178

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My Boyhood in Siam by Kumut Chandruang Pdf

Author : Karl Ove Knausgaard
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374534165

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My Struggle: Book 3 by Karl Ove Knausgaard Pdf

The provocative, audacious, brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel that has unquestionably been the main event of contemporary European literature. It has earned favorable comparisons to its obvious literary forebears "A la recherche du temps perdu" and "Mein Kampf" but has been celebrated as the rare magnum opus that is intensely, addictively readable.

Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061965104

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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Pdf

As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

Author : J.M. Coetzee
Publisher : Random House
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409015840

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Boyhood by J.M. Coetzee Pdf

In Boyhood, J. M. Coetzee revisits the South Africa of half a century ago, to write about his childhood and interior life. Boyhood's young narrator grew up in a small country town. With a father he imitated but could not respect, and a mother he both adored and resented, he picked his way through a world that refused to explain its rules, but whose rules he knew he must obey. Steering between these contradictions, Boyhood evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood with startling, haunting immediacy. Coetzee examines his young self with the dispassionate curiosity of an explorer rediscovering his own early footprints, and the account of his progress is bright, hard and simply compelling.

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1986164322

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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir Pdf

Excerpt: My screams over so great a loss brought mother, and when she anxiously took me in her arms and inquired what was the matter, I told her that I had swallowed my tongue. She only laughed at me, much to my astonishment, when I expected that she would bewail the awful loss her boy had sustained. My sisters, who were older than I, oftentimes said when I happened to be talking too much, "It's a pity you hadn't swallowed at least half of that long tongue of yours when you were little." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798733174051

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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir Pdf

Book Excerpt: pushed a wad of cotton into my mouth after soaking it in some brown astringent stuff, and told me to be sure to keep my mouth shut and all would soon be well. Mother put me to bed, calmed my fears, and told me to lie still and sleep like a gude bairn. But just as I was dropping off to sleep I swallowed the bulky wad of medicated cotton and with it, as I imagined, my tongue also. My screams over so great a loss brought mother, and when she anxiously took me in her arms and inquired what was the matter, I told her that I had swallowed my tongue. She only laughed at me, much to my astonishment, when I expected that she would bewail the awful loss her boy had sustained. My sisters, who were older than I, oftentimes said when I happened to be talking too much, "It's a pity you hadn't swallowed at least half of that long tongue of yours when you were little."It appears natural for children to be fond of water, although the Scotch method of making every duty dismal contrived to make necessary bathing for heRead More

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486829890

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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir Pdf

The great naturalist and conservationist reminisces about his formative life: the first 11 years in Scotland, a decade in the central Wisconsin wilderness, and four years at the University of Wisconsin.

Author : JOHN. MUIR
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033157406

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STORY OF MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH by JOHN. MUIR Pdf