Sierra Club Book Club – A Passion For Nature

We will be discussing the biography of John Muir, who started the Sierra Club and was a fascinating figure in environmental history. The book I read was “A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir” by Donald Worster. You are welcome to read any biography on John Muir if you’d like.

Here’s an excerpt from Amazon.com about this book:

“In Donald Worster’s magisterial biography, John Muir’s “special self” is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world. A Passion for Nature is the most complete account of the great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club ever written. It is the first to be based on Muir’s full private correspondence and to meet modern scholarly standards. Yet it is also full of rich detail and personal anecdote, uncovering the complex inner life behind the legend of the solitary mountain man.”

Our next book for February is going to be “Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water” by Marc Reisner, which is very well reviewed.

After that, March, April, May’s books are TBD. We need some suggestions, so feel free to mention it in the comments and vote on books, by clicking “like” next to people’s comments. I’m thinking about a book on gardening, and/or food would be great.