Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

In 1867, a young John Muir shouldered a small bag, opened his journal, and walked from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico. This is the record of that thousand-mile ramble: limestone caves and pine barrens, swamps alive with palmetto and moss, strangers' cabins, graveyard nights, and a slow awakening to the idea that nature exists for itself, not merely for us. Written in the fresh, fearless voice of a wanderer with nothing but time and attention, it remains one of the great American walking journeys. Lace up and follow him south.