Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
The two parallel visitations from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore Roosevelt to John Muir and the different relationships that resulted illustrate two extremes in Muir’s life, the excited dreamer who was influenced by Emerson, and the accomplished conservationist who influenced Roosevelt.
Recommended Citation
This paper was delivered at the Phi Alpha Theta conference, and was originally written for HIS317: Gilded Age & Progressive Era, taught by Dr. Benjamin Wetzel.
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