John Muir 1838-1914 naturalist and conservationist, pioneer voice for wilderness preservation 1867 made famous journey from Indiana to Florida coast "A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf" (1916) 1892 cofounded the Sierra Club significant influence on US environmental policy "The Mountains of California" "The Yosemite From The Mountains of California: "Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light" (299) "Every rock seems to glow with life"(300) "The history of the last Sierra eruption is also preserved in the traditions of the Pitt River Indians. They tel of a fearful time of darkness, when the sky was black with ashes and smoke that threatened every living thing with death, and that when at length the sun appeared once more it was red like blood' (304) George Sterling 1869-1926 "Beyond the Breakers" significant force in "Seacoast of Bohemia...