WACT Book Club | November 2025

My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir is a classic of American nature writing, capturing the awe and wonder of Muir’s 1869 journey through California’s Sierra Nevada. With poetic detail and reverence for the wilderness, Muir invites readers into the grandeur of towering peaks, wild meadows, and ancient forests—an ode to the beauty that inspired the creation of America’s national parks.