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Robert McNally exposes the hidden legacy of John Muir
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English - May 09, 2024 20:25 - 25 minutes - 59.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsNews californiasun jeffschechtman mikemcphate Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In his new book "Cast Out of Eden," Robert McNally removes John Muir from his pedestal and exposes his contempt for the Indigenous peoples whose homeland he helped expropriate. McNally contends that Muir, while rightly celebrated as a nature mystic who introduced the concept of wilderness to Californians and fought for the preservation of wild places, believed that Indigenous people had "no right place in the landscape." The author takes an unflinching look at the troubling aspects of Muir's legacy, arguing that his vision of a pristine wilderness erased the long history of Native Americans on the land.