{"product_id":"travels-in-alaska-9780375760495","title":"Travels in Alaska","description":"In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in \u003ci\u003eTravels in Alaska\u003c\/i\u003e, a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, \"A century and a quarter later, we are reading  Muir's] account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Hoagland\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Century Before\u003c\/i\u003e (a Modern Library paperback) and nearly twenty other books on nature and exploration. He lives in Bennington, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410802741522,"sku":"9780375760495","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_892b04aa-d874-4d2f-8ba2-85e27c90385f.jpg?v=1729307899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/travels-in-alaska-9780375760495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}