" My First Summer is a classic "Nature Writing" text from the founder of the Sierra Club. Please note that the founder of the Sierra Club was a Scottish Immigrant. The book is notable for its figurative language, use of the pathetic fallacy, spirituality in nature, and general exuberience in extolling Yosemite. I would also recommend this text to examine representations of Native Americans in relation to Nature at this period. Muir is quite negative about Native Americans - the opposite direction of a noble savage trope. "
— sdw, 2/5/2014