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Streszczenie książki Dni na Alasce z Johnem Muirem
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When a young missionary slips on a mountain, John Muir carries him to safety with his teeth.
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- 1915by Samuel Hall Young
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Dni na Alasce z Johnem Muirem in short
This book is a memoir of a friendship set against a vast, changing coast. Samuel Hall Young, a missionary, meets John Muir in 1879 and follows him up a mountain, through a near disaster, and then by canoe into bays where no chart goes. The second voyage returns to find a lost glacier and gives the world the dog Stickeen.
What Dni na Alasce z Johnem Muirem is about
What would you do if the man you admire most held you in his teeth, high on a cliff, with a thousand feet of air below? Samuel Hall Young, a young missionary in southeastern Alaska, lives that moment in 1879, and the man who saves him is John Muir.
Alaska Days with John Muir is Young's own account of the summers and autumns he spent with the naturalist. You get adventure, wild weather, a loyal little dog named Stickeen, and the sound of Muir talking. Start on a July day at Fort Wrangell, when a lean stranger in a gray ulster steps off the mail steamer.
Dla kogo. You will love this book if you enjoy true adventure, glaciers and wild coasts, canoe journeys, mountain climbing, a good dog story, or a warm friendship between two very different men.
The 8 key ideas
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A missionary meets a naturalist who changes him
In the summer of 1879, Samuel Hall Young is stationed at Fort Wrangell. He has been there a year, fresh from college and seminary, and he says he came with a great deal to learn and even more to unlearn. His work is to help build a settled community among the Thlinget people.
That July the mail steamer brings three church leaders with their wives. Standing a little apart is a lean man of forty with reddish-brown hair and beard, a Scotch cap and a long gray tweed ulster. He is introduced as Professor Muir, the naturalist. Young shakes his hand and feels a friendship begin at once. He calls Muir his Master, the guide who will lead him into a world of beauty he would never have found alone.
The party goes up the Stickeen River, between enormous glaciers, to Glenora. The captain says the boat must wait until two the next morning for the gale to drop. The church leaders take notes at a council with Chief Shakes, and their wives pick flowers. Muir points to a ring of jagged peaks and calls it one of the finest viewpoints in the world. Young slips away from the speeches, and the two set off with two pieces of hardtack each.
A teacher in the wild can open eyes that duty alone keeps closed.
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Muir climbs as if gravity had let him go
The climb begins badly.
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One bad step and a friend becomes a rescuer
Near the top, Muir runs ahead along a ledge.
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A six-week canoe voyage maps what no chart shows
That autumn the two plan a voyage of discovery.
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Glacier Bay gives the two men a sermon in light
Beyond Icy Strait lies a bay missing from the old chart.
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A lost glacier and a small dog bring Muir back
Muir marries in 1880, but he cannot rest.
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Stickeen, Taylor Glacier and the cost of staying behind
The party moves on to Glacier Bay.
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Later meetings show a wilder man in a tamer life
The last chapter follows the friendship across the years.
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Pytania o Dni na Alasce z Johnem Muirem
What is Alaska Days with John Muir about?
It is Samuel Hall Young's account of his friendship with naturalist John Muir. It covers a famous climb and rescue in 1879, two canoe voyages through Alaska's glaciers and islands, and later meetings through the Klondike years.
Who is Stickeen in the book?
Stickeen is Young's small, long-haired dog, named after the Stickeen tribe. He joins the 1880 voyage, follows Muir over glaciers, and is the dog of Muir's own story Stickeen, which Young praises.
Is Alaska Days with John Muir a true story?
Yes, it is a firsthand memoir. Young lived through the events in 1879 and 1880 and wrote them later. Muir himself read part of the account in 1910 and suggested a few corrections.
What did Muir and Young discover in Glacier Bay?
They entered Glacier Bay by canoe in 1879, saw its great glaciers and icebergs, and later drew a rough map for the Navy. Muir Glacier later took his name, and the bay had been missing from older charts.
Is this book easy to read?
It is told in a friendly, direct voice, with short scenes, lively dialogue and plenty of humor. Each chapter opens with a poem and then recounts adventures or later meetings, combining lively scenes with reflections on nature and friendship.
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Young, Samuel Hall. Alaska Days with John Muir. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/alaska-days-with-john-muir.
Young, S. H. (2026). Alaska days with John Muir. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alaska-days-with-john-muir (Original work published 1915)
Young, Samuel Hall. Alaska Days with John Muir. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/alaska-days-with-john-muir.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1915}
}
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