My First Summer in the Sierra: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 15 original MP3 tracks, 7:13:23 running time and a link to listen.
My First Summer in the Sierra, credited to John Muir, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest “insect people” amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that “the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
Recording facts
- Recording title: My First Summer in the Sierra
- Author credits: John Muir
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 15
- Listed recording duration: 7:13:23
Catalogue topics
- nature
- travel
- memoir
- John Muir
- Sierra Nevada
Track guide
- 01. June 3-6 1869 — 29:55
- 02. June 7-11 1869 — 22:58
- 03. June 12-15 1869 — 26:31
- 04. June 16-30 1869 — 25:28
- 05. July 1-8 1869 — 34:46
- 06. July 9-12 1869 — 32:35
- 07. July 14-19 1869 — 31:52
- 08. July 20-23 1869 — 32:41
- 09. June 24-28 1869 — 39:13
- 10. July 29-August 3 1869 — 28:15
- 11. August 4-11 1869 — 30:13
- 12. August 12-14 1869 — 15:41
- 13. August 21 1869 — 29:02
- 14. August 22-September 5 1869 — 23:41
- 15. September 6-22 1869 — 30:40
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