Stickeen
  • Published: 1 September 1998
  • ISBN: 9781883220785
  • Imprint: Dawn Publications
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.00

Stickeen

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A meaningful retelling of John Muir’s story of adventure with his canine companion, Stickeen.

Meet John Muir's trusty dog Stickeen in this classic, true story from the intrepid explorer himself, reimagined as a kids book. Vivid illustrations and beautiful writing combine in a captivating tale about courage and loyalty that both kids and adults will love.

In the summer of 1880 John Muir set out to explore glaciers in Southeastern Alaska with a crew…and a little black dog named Stickeen. At first John didn't want a dog on board: "Such a little pup will only be in the way!" he insisted. But Stickeen's master claimed that Stickeen was a "wonder of a dog."

John reluctantly takes Stickeen on his journey, but the little dog always stays aloof and distant even as he follows Muir's crew. When John and Stickeen are alone together and faced with a nigh-impassable ice canyon, John must find a way across … and Stickeen must find his courage to follow.
  • Published: 1 September 1998
  • ISBN: 9781883220785
  • Imprint: Dawn Publications
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.00
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John Muir

JOHN MUIR, bom in Dunbar, Scotland, in 1838, was a writer, explorer, and naturalist, and the founder of the Sierra Club. He receives much of the credit for the preservation of Yosemite Valley and is often called the "Father of Our National Park System." After immigrating with his family to a Wisconsin farm at the age of eleven, he became a wide traveler in his youth, making a celebrated 1,000-mile walk from Indiana to the Florida coast. From there he took a steamer around Cape Horn to San Francisco, where he set off on foot once again, this time with a herd of sheep, for the Sierra Nevada Mountains. From that day forward, he would become an inexhaustible source for the preservation of wilderness in America. He died in 1914.