Our National ParksHere is America's wild gallery Yellowstone's geysers, Yosemite's rivers and cliffs, Sequoia's giants interpreted by the man who knew them best. Muir writes as a guide and friend, pointing out "fountains of life," beaver gardens, singing streams, and colored hot springs with exactness and joy. His pages brim with motion and music: birds unseen in the thickets, ouzels beside falls, and the living architecture of forests shaped by ice and fire. Beyond

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McDowell offers an enchanting new perspective on one of America's most celebrated but enigmatic literary figures

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Ideas are developed with particular richness

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Baby has the biggest shock when she finds the mermaid asleep in her bed

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She plants her garden with flowers in all shades of blue

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