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xxvii, 220 pp. Edited with an Introduction by William Frederic Badè. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including a frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; map. 8vo. Green cloth, color pictorial cover label, lettered in white, top edge gilt. First Trade Edition.

This autobiographical story tells of Muir's early life, from his departure from the University of Wisconsin to his first summer in the Sierra. Kimes & Kimes states: "Muir's early writing included in this volume is important in disclosing his nature-oriented philosophy of life and the direction in which it was taking him." Kimes 340.