Title:
Letter from D. K. Zumwalt to John Muir, 1902 Oct 4.
Creator:
D. K. Zumwalt
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1902 Oct 4
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0699-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Visalia, Calif.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
Visalia, Cal. Oct. 4th, 1902. Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Cal. My dear Mr. Muir,---Your second kind remembrance Our National
Parks is received. Please accept my sincere thanks. My wife and I are taking our evening' rest by reading the Mountains of
California', and more than enjoying it. The brilliant word pictures are so realistic we can close our eyes and almost see
The surpassing beauty and grandeur of mountains and canyous, even when They describe points we have not visited. My wife
thinks the illustrations in Our National Parks are superb. With sincere thanks, and kindest regards to yourself and daughters,
both from my wife and myself, I remain Most cordially yours illegible 03070