Readers’ Group – My First Summer in the Sierra

Posted on April 14, 2011 by duncan

Friends’ secretary Susan Panton will lead a readers’ group who will look at ‘My First Summer in the Sierra’.  It is aimed at both those who have read the book and those who are looking for an introduction. All are welcome, Friends or not.  [To book a place contact the Birthplace.] The book can be bought at John Muir’s Birthplace at £6.99 (less 10% Friends discount), borrowed from Dunbar library or available online from the Project Gutenburg Archive of books by John Muir or from www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/ or
www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/my_first_summer_in_the_sierra/

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FoJMB on Facebook

Posted on April 13, 2011 by duncan

Facebook has become an important medium for community groups and charities like Friends to disseminate news and to organise and promote their events. Recently a Facebook page has been created to help raise the profile of Friends and to help promote Muir’s life and work. A (shortened) link to the Facebook page is http://www.tinyurl.com/fbfojmb

This Facebook page is in its infancy and will be fleshed out over the course of the next few days and weeks and will be kept updated with news, events and links to other Muir-related web resources. Friends (of the Birthplace sort!) are encouraged to ‘like’ the page as a certain number of fans are required before a more memorable ‘username’ – e.g. http://www.facebook.com/fojmb – is enabled.

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