The Yosemite
Published on 28. July 2010
320 pages
978-0-307-75850-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the spring of 1869, John Muir was looking for means of support to fund his explorations of California's Central Valley region. A ranch owner offered him a job herding sheep in the Sierra Nevada. As he explored the region, he jotted down his keen observations of the scenic countryside, and he eventually became a guide for some of Yosemite's most famous visitors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Muir documented these experiences in The Yosemite, first published in 1912. It is at once a vivid, accurate description of the land and a passionate homage to nature.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is a facsimile of the 1912 edition and includes the original illustrations.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is a facsimile of the 1912 edition and includes the original illustrations.
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Gretel Ehrlich, a native Californian, is the author of the award-winning The Solace of Open Spaces, as well as John Muir: Nature's Visionary and This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland, among other books and essays. She lives in Wyoming and California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Biographical Note
- Contents
- Introduction
- Dedication
- The Yosemite
- Chapter I - The Approach to the Valley
- Chapter II - Winter Storms and Spring Floods
- Chapter III - Snow-Storms
- Chapter IV - Snow Banners
- Chapter V - The Trees of the Valley
- Chapter VI - The Forest Trees in General
- Chapter VII - The Big Trees
- Chapter VIII - The Flowers
- Chapter IX - The Birds
- Chapter X - The South Dome
- Chapter XI - The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley was Formed
- Chapter XII - How Best to Spend One's Yosemite Time
- Chapter XIII - Lamon
- Chapter XIV - Galen Clark
- Chapter XV - Hetch Hetchy Valley
- Appendices
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Copyright
