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Story of My Boyhood and Youth

Story of My Boyhood and Youth

著者： John Muir
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In the heart of a Wisconsin pioneer farm in the 1850s, young John Muir recounts a childhood marked by struggle and resilience. With a kitchen stove that barely warmed the home, Muir paints a vivid picture of life for his family of ten, all huddled together in the biting cold. Uprooted from a comfortable life in Dunbar, Scotland, Muirs father, a strict religious fundamentalist, imposed a harsh doctrine of self-denial that clashed with Johns secret love for poetry and literature. Lacking formal education, John turned to nature for wisdom, observing the changing seasons, the farm animals, and the wild creatures around him. His inventive spirit shone through as he carved intricate wooden clocks by candlelight, stealing moments of creativity in the unheated farmhouse basement. Driven by a desire for freedom, John set off for Madison, Wisconsin, with little more than two clocks and a homemade thermometer in tow, hoping to find work in a machine shop. His fathers parting words warned him of the wicked world and that he would have to rely solely on himself. The remarkable journey of how John Muir evolved from a boy on a struggling farm to a celebrated naturalist and advocate for Yosemite and the California redwoods is captured in this captivating autobiographical narrative. (Summary by Sue Anderson)Copyright Biographies 2.0 スピリチュアリティ 世界 社会科学 科学
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