Richard F FleckForeword writer Richard F. Fleck is author of many books including Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians, editor of John Muir's Mountaineering Essays, A Colorado River Reader, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities tobe the reader for seven states project 2001?2. He contributed a biography of John Burroughs for the Encyclopedia of New York State. Fleck is also the author of numerous introductions to trade paperback editions including Henry David Thoreau's Maine Woods, John Muir's Our National Parks, and Samuel Hall Young's Alaska Days with John Muir. Read More Read Less