Worster traces Muir from his childhood Scotland to his adult life in California exploring his friendships with the humble and the famous including Theodore Roosevelt and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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The young naturalist had finally met his inspiration, philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Yosemite Valley, no less. But try as he might, Muir couldn't persuade Emerson to sleep out under the sequoias.

Born in Boston in 1803, Ralph Waldo Emerson was a writer ... focus solely on matters of God and religion. William Emerson also organized meetings of intellectuals, bringing together open-minded ...

In the spring of 1871, the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson left Boston to take his first and only trip to the far West, where he encountered a sawmill operator named John Muir.

President Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Ralph Waldo Emerson all plan to raise a cup of tea to Robert Burns on Sunday in Montello. The event, titled Robert Burns Birthday Tea, will honor Burns ...