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RC STICKEEN: the story of a dog. by John Muir
First edition of this classic "icy storm-story" published March 1909, third impression, dedicated to Muir's daughter, Helen, "lover of wildness". This is John Muir's story of a dog named Stickeen (after a tribe of Indians at Fort Wrangel, Alaska [now Wrangell]) with whom a bond of exploration and appreciation developed as they together explored wilds of Alaska,culminating in a life-threatening episode during a storm while exploring the Brady Glacier in what is now Glacier Bay National Park. Francis H. Allen wrote in a preface to one of the many issues of this book, "Stickeen is one of the best dog stories ever written,..[I]t opens a window into the heart and soul of a dog, so that we can see how much like a man he is in some respects and can sympathize with him." Published by Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston and New York. Size is 4 3/4 in. by 7.5 in., cloth bound in tan covers with title and author's name printed on front cover and on spine. 74 pages plus front matter.
Condition: Very good. No markings, no loose pages, binding strong.
ISBN: None. Order #: VINT3688 cloth$550.00. RC Also available on eBay.com and vialibri.net.
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