約翰•繆爾（John Muir，1838—1914）世界環保運動的先驅。繆爾對自然風光濃墨重彩、光芒四射的描寫吸引著歐美幾代愛好文學的讀者，而每個齣門旅行的人也會從中得到更多的共鳴。對於生活在喧鬧都市的蕓蕓眾生，可從繆爾的書中去除浮躁之氣，汲取心靈的清泉。

This collection of essays celebrates those park lands of the American West that John Muir knew and loved. Muir captures the vital essence of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, and other areas, detailing their natural attractions -- the breathtaking forests, lush alpine meadows, massive granite domes, towering sequoias, bursting geysers, thundering waterfalls, and crystalline glacial lakes.

Our National Parks is also a brilliant defense of American forests and a sharp critique of the corrupt forestry practices of Muir's time. His spirited writing clarified the debate on the preservation of wilderness and helped bring the national park service into existence. Essential reading for anyone who wants to protect America's wild lands, Our national Parks is Muir at his rhapsodic and polemical best.