A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf Although he composed in many

Although he composed in many musical genres

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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf Although he composed in manyAt the age of 29, naturalist John Muir set out alone for a long hike through the rural American South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. This volume chronicles his path from Indiana across Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. Muir chose the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find," sketching plants along the way and recording his delighted encounters with Spanish moss, palmettos,