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"Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier" (1897) is a short memoir by American naturalist John Muir. It is about a trip he took in Alaska (1880) with a dog named Stickeen and their outing together on a glacier. It is one of Muir's best-known writings, and is now considered a classic dog story.
- John Muir
- 1897
John Muir and a little dog named Stickeen had a life threatening adventure crossing a wide crevasse while exploring a glacier in Alaska in 1880. The danger bonded the naturalist with the remarkable Stickeen.
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John Muir's true story of what happened on an Alaskan glacier with a dog named Stickeen, in 1880, is one of Muir's best-known writings, and is now considered a classic dog story. Although it can be read as a straight adventure story, it is much more than that. Muir's story is most compelling because it revealed to Muir that man and dog were not so ...
"Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier" , by John Muir-- the 1915 (shorter) version, excerpted from Travels in Alaska.Various ebook formats are also available of this book from various ebook publishers, including free from Project Gutenberg and on archive.orgStickeen, a French translation by Rose-Marie Vassallo, with illustrations by Francois Davot (Castor Poche Flammarion, Paris, 1982).John Muir's "Stickeen" and the Lessons of Nature , by Ronald H. Limbaugh (Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 1996)Black and White illustrations; Index. Appendix: "Notes on 'Stickeen' in John Muir's Library." 185 pp. This scholarly examination of Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen" helps greatly to illuminate Muir's growth as a writer. Ron Li...
Gerald Pelrine Presents "The Tale of Stickeen" Gerald Pelrine's riveting rendition is included on the John Muir Tribute CD. Gerald Pelrine offers his critically acclaimed characterization of Muiras lecturer reliving the experience and the lessons learned: the great crevasse of the glacier as symbol of "the valley of the shadow of death." little Sti...
Me and Stickeen - by Bill Oliver, a moving ballad sung as if from Muir's perspective. Review and lyricsavailable.
"Alaska Stories".VIDEOCASSETTE.Written and narrated by W.Claud Thompson.(47 min.);Color VHS. This video begins and ends as a travel documentary,but focuses on three historical stories of Alaska,including a fulfilling treatment of John Muir's "Stickeen." Stickeen and John Muir illustrations © Copyright 1990 by Carl Dennis Buell; used by permission. ...
Aug 12, 1999 · In 1880, John Muir made his second trip to Alaska. On this trip he explored Brady Glacier, which empties into Taylor Bay in what is now Glacier Bay National Park, with a friend's dog, Stickeen. Muir was a great story teller and he told this story many times before writing it down in 1909 as a short story at the urging of several of his friends.
In 1880, John Muir made his second trip to Alaska. On this trip he explored Brady Glacier, which empties into Taylor Bay in what is now Glacier Bay National Park, with a friend's dog, Stickeen.
Jun 1, 1978 · Stickeen: An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier: Muir, John, Jones, William R.: 9780896460324: Books - Amazon.ca
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- John Muir, William R. Jones
Jun 1, 1978 · Stickeen: An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier. Paperback – June 1, 1978. by John Muir (Author), William R. Jones (Author) 5.0 1 rating. This heartwarming and hair-raising "icy-storm story," published in 1909, recounts Muir's Alaskan adventures in 1880 with his little black dog named Stickeen--an animal that Muir initially views with scorn ...
- John Muir, William R. Jones
