Much has been written about John Muir’s trek across post-Civil War Florida in late 1867, a journey recounted in A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf. But this was not Muir’s only trip to Florida. Muir returned to Florida in 1898, in the twilight of the Gilded Age, though few details about the trip have as of yet come to light. This talk will map out Muir’s itinerary; describe his mode of being in, and affective experience of, Florida in 1898, particularly in contrast to 1867; and situate the return within the context of Muir’s legacy and American environmental history.
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John Muir's 1898 Tour of Florida
Presenter
Hadley J. Mozer
Dr. Hadley J. Mozer is Associate Professor of English and Kenan Distinguished Associate Professor of Liberal Education at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Baylor University, where he specialized in Romantic and Victorian literature. He has published articles on Byron and Percy Shelley, served as Academic Advisor on Poetry Criticism (Vol. 220: Byron), and is currently working on John Muir, focusing on his return trip to Florida in 1898.
