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Sep 1, 1998 · But Stickeen's master claimed that Stickeen was a "wonder of a dog." John reluctantly takes Stickeen on his journey, but the little dog always stays aloof and distant even as he follows Muir's crew. When John and Stickeen are alone together and faced with a nigh-impassable ice canyon, John must find a way across … and Stickeen must find his ...
- John Muir, Donnell Rubay
Read 169 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. This heartwarming and hair-raising "icy-storm story," published in 1909, recounts Muir's A…
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.
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 ...
Nov 14, 2018 · Muir later wrote a book which immortalized his canine friend. First published in 1897 under the title An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier, it was later republished in 1909 as Stickeen: The Story of a Dog, and in 1915 as Stickeen: An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier (see this introduction to the classic work). After Young read it, he had ...
John Muir and a little dog named Stickeen had a life threatening adventure crossing a wide crevasse while exploring a glacier in Alaska in 1880. The danger bonded the naturalist with the remarkable Stickeen. Thanks to Renata for putting this short story on my radar. It's a free story (without illustrations) on Project Gutenberg.
Stickeen (1897) is a short memoir by American naturalist John Muir. It is about a trip he took in Alaska (1880) with a dog named Stickeen and their outing together on a glacier. It is one of Muir's best-known writings, and is now considered a classic dog story.
