John Muir wrote many wonderful books about his travels, but one  story—about his long walk from San Francisco to Yosemite—is one book he  did not author himself. In April 1868, a very young John Muir stepped off a boat in San Francisco and inquired about the quickest way  out of town. “But where do you want to go?” was the response, to which  Muir replied, “Anywhere that is wild.” 

Using Muir’s personal  correspondence and published articles, Peter and Donna Thomas have  reconstructed the real story of Muir’s literal ramblings over California  hills and through dales, with lofty Sierra Nevada peaks, Englishmen,  and bears mixed in for good measure. The trip is illustrated by charming  cut-paper illustrations that take their inspiration from Muir's love of  nature. John Muir’s story-telling is so compelling that even 150 years  later, seeing the world through his eyes makes us want to head out into  the wild.