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A story about a dog that did exist and the unforgettable adventure John Muir and the dog shared crossing an Alaskan glacier in 1880. The audiobook is very well read by Andre Stojka and contains additional information about glaciers, the Sierra Club, Yosemite, the dog and the story's publications.
This heartwarming and hair-raising "icy-storm story," published in 1909, recounts Muir's Alaskan adventures in 1880 with his little black dog named Stickeen--an animal that Muir initially views with scorn but comes to regard with the greatest affection following a near-death experience on a frozen glacier. Excerpt: To My Dog Blanco By J. G. Holland
by Dan A. Anderson and Harold Wood. In 1880, John Muir made his second trip to Alaska. On this trip he explored Brady Glacier, which empties into Taylor Bay in what is now Glacier Bay National Park, with a friend’s dog, Stickeen. Muir was a great story teller and he told this story many times before writing it down in 1909 as a short story at ...
Oct 17, 2021 · Stickeen: The Story of a Dog. An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend. John Muir Jan 1909 30 min. An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend.
A story about a dog that did exist and the unforgettable adventure John Muir and the dog shared crossing an Alaskan glacier in 1880. The audiobook is very well read by Andre Stojka and contains additional information about glaciers, the Sierra Club, Yosemite, the dog and the story's publications.
Sep 1, 1998 · In the summer of 1880 John Muir set out to explore glaciers in Southeastern Alaska with a crew…and a little black dog named Stickeen. At first John didn't want a dog on board: "Such a little pup will only be in the way!" he insisted. But Stickeen's master claimed that Stickeen was a "wonder of a dog." John reluctantly takes Stickeen on his ...
Stickeen--an aloof little dog belonging to a fellow traveler--insisted on going along. They become stranded on the glacier. The only way out was over a precarious ice bridge, dangerous for a man and almost impossible for a dog. When, amazingly, they both escape, Stickeen's aloofness is replaced by rapturous adoration for Muir.
