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The Mountain
644 pages | 5 x 8 | 1860
Cloth edition is not available
ISBN 978-0-271-03643-4 | paper: $30.00
The Mountain is R. M. S. Jacksons intriguing work on the benefits of a life attuned to nature. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Jackson, a doctor and health enthusiast from Cambria County, Pennsylvania, established a sanitarium called the Allegheny Mountain Health Institute. In this book, he urges his readers to abandon the mobs of the cities and frivolities of leisure for the health and happiness that he attributes to the powers of the Allegheny Mountains. The Mountain is an exemplary study of the Alleghenies, combining an examination of the natural environment with Jacksons own philosophy on the rewards of discovering a rejuvenescence in Nature. Metalmark Books Metalmark Books is a joint imprint of the Penn State University Press and the Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing at the University Libraries at Penn State. Books published under this imprint are selected from the Libraries' extensive Pennsylvania holdings. They may be viewed online or ordered as paperbacks. Over time, the scope will broaden to include other significant out-of-print titles.