John Muir

Biographic Data

ID3662983
NAMEJohn Muir
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEMuir
SIGNATUREMUIR J
AFFILIATIONSCornell University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS22
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT22
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1852
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Introduction and Notes

    John MuirCHAPTERGreek Eyes on Europe2022

  • Greek Eyes on Europe: The Travels of Nikandros Noukios of Corfu

    John Muir, John Reid MuirBOOKGreek Eyes on Europe2022

    This is the first complete English translation of a lively travelogue written by Andronikos aka Nikandros Noukios, a Greek from Corfu, who accompanied a diplomatic mission from Venice to England in the middle of the sixteenth century. He describes some of the great northern Italian cities, gives vivid impressions of picturesque Germany, of sober but enthusiastic Lutheran church services, and of cities on the Rhine. In the Low Countries he visits …

  • Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

    John Muir, J V MuirBOOKLife and letters in the ancient…2008Cited by: 7

    From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life and fiction, it provides a glimpse into the lives of both ordinary people and political life. This comprehensive study looks at personal and private lett…

  • Excerpts from “The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West” and “The American Forests” from Our National Parks (1901)

    Open AccessJohn MuirARTICLEOrganization & Environment2002

    Cet article evoque l'engouement croissant des americains pour la nature ert le besoin d'une proximite de la vie sauvage. L'A donne un tour d'horizon des representations sociales des differents sites naturels situes aux Etats-Unis

  • Dietary questions as determinants of mortality: The OXCHECK experience

    Open AccessDavid Whiteman, David C Whiteman et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition1999

    Objective: To determine whether responses to simple dietary questions are associated with specific causes of death. Design: Self-reported frequency intakes of various classes of foods and data on confounding factors were collected at the baseline survey. Death notifications up to 31 December 1997 were ascertained from the Office for National Statistics. Relative risk (RR) of death and 95% confidence intervals (CI) associated with baseline dietary…

  • John Muir's "Stickeen" and the Lessons of Nature

    Glen A Love, Ronald H Limbaugh et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1997

    Journal Article John Muir's “Stickeen” and the Lessons of Nature Get access John Muir's “Stickeen” and the Lessons of Nature. By Ronald H. Limbaugh. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1996. 185 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, index. $22.95.) Glen A. Love Glen A. Love University of Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 1, Spring 1997, Pages 85–86, h…

  • John Muir: Letters from Alaska

    Thomas R Huffman, Robert Engberg et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1994

    Journal Article John Muir: Letters from Alaska and John Muir: Life and Work Get access John Muir: Letters from Alaska. Edited by Engberg Robert Merrell Bruce. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. xxxi + 115 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $30.00, cloth; $12.95, paper.)John Muir: Life and Work. Edited by Miller Sally M.. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. xi + 324 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $29…

  • The Yosemite

    Open AccessJack D Ives, John Muir et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development1990

  • Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike

    J Douglas Muir, John Muir et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1976

  • The Functioning of the Kenyan Industrial Court

    Open AccessJohn L Brown, J Douglas Muir et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Modern African…1976Cited by: 1

    In 1964, in response to a growing number of strikes, the recently-formed independent Government of Kenya established a new method of resolving industrial conflict. The purpose of this short article is to describe the operation and effects of the Kenyan Industrial Court, and to draw attention to some features that have affected its efficient operation

  • The reduction of the brain drain: Problems and policies

    Open AccessJ Douglas Muir, John MuirARTICLEMinerva1969

  • Should The Brain Drain Be Encouraged? A Critical Look At The Grubel‐Scott Approach

    Open AccessJames A Perkins, J Douglas Muir et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration1969Cited by: 1

    It is no longer the call to ‘give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses:’ now we ask for your alert, your privileged, your brainy, your talented

  • Les Blousons Bleus

    J Douglas Muir, John Muir et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1969

  • English Folk Song

    Kenneth I Periman, Cecil J Sharp et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1966Cited by: 4

  • A Great Naturalist

    Open AccessRaymond H Torrey, William Frederic Badè et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1926

  • Muir's Arctic Notes

    Open AccessCyrus C Adams, John Muir et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1920Cited by: 1

  • Steep trails: California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Cañon

    John Muir, William Frederic BadèBOOK1918

    THE papers brought together in this volume have, in a general way, been arranged in chron ological sequence. They span a period of twenty-nine years of Muir s life, during which they appeared as letters and articles, for the most part in publications of limited and local circulation. The Utah and Nevada sketches, and the two San Gabriel papers, were con tributed, in the form of letters, to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin toward the end of the …

  • Cruise of the Corwin

    Henry B Ward, John Muir et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1918

    Cruise of the Corwin. Journal of the arctic expedition of 1881 in search of De Long and the Jeannette. By John Muir, edited by William Frederic Bade. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin company, 1917. 279 p. $2.75 net) Get access Henry B. Ward Henry B. Ward Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 1918, Pages 110–112, https://doi.org/10.2307/1886250 Published:…

  • A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf /

    Open AccessJohn Muir, William Frederic BadèBOOK1916

    a long, wild mile, free as the winds in the glorious forests and bogs, gathering plants and feeding on God's abounding, inexhaustible spiritual beauty bread. Only once in my long Canada wanderings was the deep peace of the wilder- ness savagely broken. It happened in the maple woods about midnight, when I was cold and my fire was low. I was awakened by the awfully dismal howling of the wolves, and got up in haste to replenish the fire."

  • Travels in Alaska

    Henry C Ward, John MuirARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1916

    Journal Article Travels in Alaska. By John Muir. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin company, Cambridge: Riverside press, 1915. 327 p. $2.50 net) Get access Henry C. Ward Henry C. Ward Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 3, Issue 2, September 1916, Pages 260–263, https://doi.org/10.2307/1886462 Published: 01 September 1916

  • The Yosemite

    Robert M Brown, John MuirARTICLEBulletin of the American…1912

  • Oriental Translation Committee

    Open AccessJohn MuirARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1852

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