Writing Waikato: John Muir's contribution to environmental awareness

Shortly after travelling through the Waikato in January 1904 environmentalist John Muir wrote to his friend and former colleague Robert Underwood Johnson of his delight in the New Zealand landscapes and the plant life that he had encountered: I had a glorious time, so novel (and) reviving (that) I b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of New Zealand literature 2011-11, Vol.29 (2), p.108-124
1. Verfasser:	Chalmers, Lex
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	1838-1914 Attitudes Authorship Conservationists Environmental aspects Environmental literature Environmental protection Environmentalists History Landscape Literature Muir, John Muir, John (1838-1914) Philosophy Records and correspondence Travel Visitors, Foreign Works
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Zusammenfassung:	Shortly after travelling through the Waikato in January 1904 environmentalist John Muir wrote to his friend and former colleague Robert Underwood Johnson of his delight in the New Zealand landscapes and the plant life that he had encountered: I had a glorious time, so novel (and) reviving (that) I began botanical studies over again with all the wildness and enthusiasm of youth [...] In less than a month under influence of these Southern Cross wonderlands you would grow back into boyhood.
ISSN:	0112-1227