In this Book
- The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
- Book
- 1965
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Muir recounts in vivid detail the three worlds of his early life: his first eleven years in Scotland; the years 1849–1860 in the central Wisconsin wilderness; and two-and-a-half most inventive years at the University of Wisconsin during that institution’s infancy.
Table of Contents
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- ILLUSTRATIONS
- p. xviii
- CHAPTER I. A Boyhood in Scotland
- pp. 3-42
- CHAPTER II. A New World
- pp. 43-73
- CHAPTER III. Life on a Wisconsin Farm
- pp. 74-110
- CHAPTER IV. A Paradise of Birds
- pp. 111-134
- CHAPTER V. Young Hunters
- pp. 135-158
- CHAPTER VI. The Ploughboy
- pp. 159-192
- CHAPTER VII. Knowledge and Inventions
- pp. 192-208
- CHAPTER VIII. The World and the University
- pp. 209-228
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299036539
Related ISBN(s)
9780299036546
MARC Record
OCLC
835457351
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1965