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JOHN MUIR
FROM SCOTLANDTO THESIERRA
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Tindall was appalled to discover that in 1978 the National Library of Scotland did not hold a single copy of any of Muir’s books, nor any of the biographies and literary analyses produced since 1924. However, the National Library willingly agreed to host the first Scottish exhibition of Muir’s life in 1979, and for many people this was the turning-point in raising national awareness of Muir in Scotland. Thereafter the National Library began a comprehensive collection of Muir books and manuscripts which includes a microfilm archive of the collected John Muir Papers. However, for the general public, Muir’s books remained virtually unobtainable in the UK.
In the light of this, Tindall approached Canongate Publishing in Edinburgh with the object of creating the first Scottish editions of Muir’s works. This led to the publication of Muir’s unfinished autobiography, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth in 1987, followed a year later by My First Summer in the Sierra, both issued as Canongate Classics with the support of the Scottish Arts Council. These were re-issued in 1996 as part of a five-volume omnibus entitled John Muir, The Wilderness Journeys, which included three other books: The Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, Travels in Alaska and Stickeen.
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