Scottish-born naturalist John Muir became one of the first great advocates for the preservation of the American wilderness. His boyhood and youth in Wisconsin did a lot to develop the traits that would make him a forceful and articulate spokesman for a life lived in harmony with nature. Historian Daniel Einstein will tell us about Muir’s boyhood on a Wisconsin farm, his years as an inventor and entrepreneur at the University of Wisconsin, and his first forays into the American West.