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ALCATRAZ: the story behind the scenery (CA). by James P. Delgado.
Civil War fort, military prison, federal penitentiary--the rocks and empty buildings of Alcatraz Island bear silent witness to a long impressive history. 9x12, 48 pages, 58 color photos, 1 diagram.
ISBN: 0-88714-001-7. 1993. Order #: KCPU8000 paper$11.95.

BIRDS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK. by Robert C. Milne.
Text and color photos of common birds of this national park in California gives details of their preferred habitats--forest; meadows; shrubs and open slopes; streams and lakes; soaring birds. Presents nesting habits, foods, interactions with other birds and animals. Includes checklist for all 159 known species and gives status as accidental, migrant, resident (by summer and winter). Bibliography, 48 pages, index.
ISBN: . Order #: LOOM0807 paper$4.50.

CABRILLO'S LOG 1542-1543, A Voyage of Discovery. Juan Paez.
Published by Cabrillo Historical Association.
ISBN: . Order #: CABR5987paper paper$19.00.

CHANNEL ISLANDS: the story behind the scenery(CA). Howorth.
Seals, whales, and island/sea processes at National park off southern. California. 79 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-75-1. 1982. Order #: KCPU0725 paper$8.95.

CLIMBER'S GUIDE TO YOSEMITE VALLEY. by Steve Roper.
Introduction gives history of climbing at Yosemite, life in the Valley, safety and the lack of it, naming of climbs, rating systems. Climbs are arranged by10 sections of the valley from Arch Rock to Half Dome. Presents details of 482 climbs, 16 route locator profiles, 320 pages, appendix of climbs by grade, glossary, index.
Inventory =5.ISBN: 0-87156-048-8. 1971.Order #: RAHO1262vinyl$29.00.

DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION: the story of the Amargosa Opera House. by Marta Becket; edited by Stanley Paher.
How this professional dancer came to take an abandoned theater in the eastern California desert near Death Valley and make it into an opera house where she would give performances. This is also her story of soliciting public support to restore paintings that were on the walls. History of the town is given, including its major role in borax mining and milling. Photographs, map of region and nearby ghost towns, 16 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1979. Order #: NEVA1109 paper$19.50.

DEATH VALLEY: the story behind the scenery. Clark.
Heat, flood, cactus. geology, history, scenery of this hottest place on Earth. 48 large-format pages, color illustratrions.
ISBN: 0-916122-12-3. 1981. Order #: KCPU4636 paper$8.95.

DEATH VALLEY'S SCOTTY'S CASTLE: the story behind the scenery (CA). Paher.
Strange story of this desert mansion in an isolated canyon of Death Valley National Park--of the man who had it built and the man who came to be identified with it. Includes interior furnishings, architecture. 48 large-format pages, color illustratrions.
ISBN: 0-916122-87-5. 1985. Order #: KCPU4878 paper$8.95.

DISCOVERING SIERRA REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. Basey.
ISBN: 978-0939666-03-0. Order #: YOCO1849paper$19.50.

DISCOVERING SIERRA TREES. by Stephen P. Arno, illustrated by Jane Gyer.
Covers conifer and broad-leaved trees in area ranging from Sequoia National Forest in the south to the Toiyabe and Stanislaus National Forests in the north, and including Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks. Includes both conifers and broad-leaved trees--36 species. Describes age, size, characteristics, and reproduction. Reveals with an elevation profile how the trees are distributed according to altitude. Artist Geyer presents her scratchboard illustrations to portray foliage and cones plus portraits of full trees. 89 pages, paper cover.
ISBN: 978-0939666-04-9. Out of print. Order #: YOCO1850 paper$19.50.

See below for framable prints of trees from this book.

DISCOVERING SIERRA TREES--prints. by artist Jane Gyer.
A portfolio of 8 reproductions of Jane Gyer's black-and-white illustrations from the book Discovering Sierra Trees. 9 x12 inches, proportioned to framing. Cover print is of giant sequoia. Published by Yosemite Natural History Association.
ISBN: None. No date. Order #:YOCO1339 prints$47.50.

DOMES, CLIFFS, WATERFALLS: a brief geology of Yosemite Valley. by William R. Jones, former Chief Naturalist of Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite has the roundest domes, the sheerest cliffs, the highest waterfalls. Why?
ISBN: 0-939666-05-7. Order #: YOCO1858 paper$15.00.

THE DISCIPLINE OF CREVICES. by June Dwyer.
Poems of Yosemite in appreciation and understanding of the many facets of this national park and its famous valley: the Stellar jay, waterfall, snow, sequoia, bear, modern Native American.. Drawings, 77 pages.
ISBN: 0-939666-38-3. 1982. Order #: YOCO1865 paper$29.00.

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE 55. by Paul Hill.
Biography of pioneer photographer of much of the last half of the 1800s, with details of his landscape photographs of Yosemite, Native Americans, his panoramas of San Francisco in its early days and especially of his development of technique of "instant photographs" in which a sequence of /images shows the movement patterns of horses and humans. Historical photographs, chronology of life, 128 small pages 5.5" x 6.25".
ISBN: 0-7148-4042-4. 2001. Non-mint copy. Order #: MISC2632 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

ERUPTIONS OF LASSEN PEAK. by B. F. Loomis.
A pictorial history of the eruption of Lassen Volcano, now within Lassen Volcanic National Park, in northern California, which erupted in 1914. Author Loomis took a number of these scenes, some from the mountain itself. Recounts stories of witnesses and survivors and includes before and after views of many scenes. Historical photos show views of mushroom and other eruptive clouds taken from nearby cities, boulders and ashes expelled by blasts which continued into 1915 and later. Following the eruptions, loose rock and debris came down the mountain/s steep slopes as mudslides. 96 pages.
ISBN None. 1971 . Order #: LOOM0808 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

FISKE THE CLOUDCHASER: a portfolio of Yosemite photographs by George Fiske.
Published by The Oakland Museum and the Yosemite Natural History Association, 1981. 12 historical sepia photos. Out of print.
ISBN: None. Order #: YOCO4598 folio$45.00.

FLOWERS OF POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE. by Roxana S. Ferris.
Common flowering plants, plus rushes and grasses of California coastal park. Organized by plant family with cross-indexing to flower color. Text describes flower color, plant family, what kind of place it grows in, scientific name and other related information. References, drawings,125 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-520-01694-7. 1970. Order #: UNCA2544 paper$9.95.

GALEN CLARK: Yosemite Guardian. by Shirley Sargent.
Galen Clark was so well known for his dedication and devotion to Yosemite as a pioneer, explorer, conservationist, author, and guardian that he was almost as famous as Half Dome. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, his valuable contributions had largely faded from public memory. John Muir has become a folk hero, yet Clark, who was Muir's predecessor in Yosemite by twelve years and was far more intimate with its affairs, has been neglected. It was he who discovered the Mariposa Grove, kept peace with the Indians, superintended the building of trails, roads, and bridges, and zealously protected the place he described as ". ...this wonderful sanctuary of Nature's vast mountain temple." (from the foreword by Shirley Sargent). 88 large-format pages, 84 illustrations, index.
ISBN: None. Order #:GRWE7466 paper$9.95.

THE GIANT SEQUOIA. by H. T. Harvey, H. S. Shellhammer, R. E. Stecker, & R. J. Harrtesveldt.
History of sequoia lumbering, public reservation of sequoia lands, botanical history and relationships, orig of name, life history from birth to death, distribution of groves (mainly in the southern Sierra Nevada but scattered stands north nearly to Lake Tahoe) and factors influencing their occurrence, ecology of immense trees, human impact, and fire considerations. Drawings, maps, 21 color photos, 80 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: SEQU1271 paper$6.95.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA (CA). by Karen Liberatore.
In and around San Francisco, California, this National Park Service area encompasses 34,000 acres including half of the city's waterfront, Alcatraz island,, Marin Headlands and provides views and vistas, city beaches, lighthouse, Civil War fort and a fleet of historic ships.There4 is experimental theater at fort mason , s concert of sea chanties on a historic pier. Here is the key to explore and discover a much-diversified park. Includes sidetrip to Point Reyes, Muir Woods, and other nearby sites. 60 photographs, drawings, map, 120 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87701-250-4. 1982. Order #: CHRO2491 paper$7.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE FLOWERS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK. by Mary Ann Showers & David W. Showers.
Organizes flower identification by habitat groups--rocky, wet, meadow, forest, and alpine areas--and also by color. Descriptions for each species includes flowering seasons, characteristics of petals and leaves, park areas where could be seen, similar species, family name. Drawings, 112 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: LOOM2167 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

GRANT GROVE: Kings Canyon National Park (CA). by National Park Service.
Large topographic trail map to giant sequoia grove in this national park, with guide to 7 trails detailing hiking times (1/2 to 3 hours), distances, elevation gains, difficulty levels, and trail characteristics. Large trees and other features seen along the trails are presented as well as route-finding directions. Hiking tips are also given. Map is 18" x 21", scale is 1 inch = 5 miles, contour interval 80 feet.
ISBN: None. 1993. Order #: SEQU6777 map$3.95.

A GUIDE TO THE PLANTS OF THE PINNACLES. by Ralph C. Webb.
List and capsule descriptions of trees, shrubs, and flowers of national park in California central coast mountains. Includes a key to identify the species and notes for many to add particular characteristics, uses, insect and other animal interrelationships and ecology. Color photographs of the area's plant communities--xeric, riparian, chaparral, foothill woodland. 76 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-91148-25-8. 1971. Order #: SOPM1318 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

THE HAPPY CAMPER HANDBOOK: a guide to camping for kids and their parents. by Michael Elsohn Ross.
Ideas about how to have successful camping trips for families presented in direct and simple language. Besides advice on necessities like tents and sleeping bags and the right things for comfort like folding camp chairs, gives ways to stay dry and warm or to avoid too much sun, how to manage potential bear intruders, going to the bathroom without a bathroom, plus entertainment ideas including games and songs. Color drawings, 64 pages. From the Yosemite Association.
ISBN: 0-939666-78-2. 1995. This copy lacks flashlight and whistle. Order #: YOCO280 spiral$15.95.

AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. Stephen Botti.
Covers every vascular plant species in Yosemite, with 1100 water-color paintings plus pen-and-ink drawings.516 pages, large-format. An uncirculated copy.
ISBN: 0-939666-98-7. Order #: YOCO9013 paper$950.00.

INDIANS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY. by Paul E. Schulz.
Beliefs, hunting, basketry of northern California people. Includes the arrival of humans in North America, early cultures and the California Indians. Tells of their hunting, fishing, gathering and preparation of foods; their material goods including tools and weapons; clothing; ceremonies and dress for same; smoking; music and art; games and dances; political organization; war and peace; birth and babies; marriage and divorce; death and burial; concepts of counting, time, and place; concepts of sun, moon and stars; medicine and magic. Drawings, bibliography, 182 pages.
ISBN: None. 1954. Order #: LOOM0806 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN MAN ON THE VEGETATION OF YOSEMITE VALLEY. by Robert P. Gibbens & Harold F. Heady.
How use of fire, suspension of fire, grazing of livestock, river control, meadow drainage altered the forests and meadows in part of Yosemite National Park. Documents character of Yosemite Valley at time of discovery by non-Natives, how and why tree cover has increased, influences of wildlife on plants, of floods and rockslides, and of visitors, plus cutting clearing, and planting on the forest. Many comparison photos of earlier scenes and those of today. California Agricultural Experiment Station Extension service Manual 36. Photos, 46 pages, large format.
ISBN: None. 1975. Order #: YOCO3993 paper$25.00.

IT WILL LIVE FOREVER: traditional Yosemite Indian acorn preparation. by Bev Ortiz.
Gathering, drying, storing, pounding, winnowing, sifting, leaching, and cooking--including Julia Parker's recipe. Historical photographs and modern ones that show Julia Parker in multiple steps preparing acorns for cooking. 158 pages.
ISBN: 978-0930588-45-8. 1996. /Order #:HEYD9707 paper$50.00.

JOSHUA TREE: the story behind the scenery (CA). by Delcie H. Vuncannon.
Whether you come to Joshua Tree National Park as a camper, rock climber, hiker or photographer--or just pass through as a sight seer, the scenery will be a fascinating surprise. The largest national park in the lower 48 states, it is a vast area preserved in its balance between nature and the early pioneers for us to enjoy today.
Seasons change the facade of the land at Joshua Tree. Spring presents carpets of yellow flowers and summer shows a shimmering landscape of rising heat waves. Winter, with its occasional sprinkling of show, can change that same landscape into a fantastic science-fiction scene, dominated by Joshua tree arms.
Joshua Tree, the Story Behind the Scenery, leads the reader through the many facets of the park's beauty, documenting the history of the area's interaction with humans, both Native Americans and the later arriving white men. You'll be fascinated by the passion of private citizens who petitioned the national leaders to preserve this vast desert.9x12, 48 pages, 85 color photos & 1 map.
ISBN: 0-88714-106-4. 1996. Order #: KCPU8029 paper$11.95.

KINGS CANYON COUNTRY. by Lew & Ginny Clark.
Information on early trips into this wilderness region including legends, Indian and white-man history, features of trailheads and their trails from both east and west with nature notes on the land and its flora and fauna. Colored topographic maps detail trails and some alternate routes not on other maps; there are also profiles of trails showing elevations and mileages. Distances are shown between junctions as well as some campsites, meadows, and ranger stations Although some information may have changed, much content provides detail on this region not easily found elsewhere. Photographs, drawings, maps, 80 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-931532-20-5. 1985. Order #: WETR5609 paper$5.95.

KINGS RIVER COUNTRY: Kings River National Park, John Muir Wilderness. by Lew and Ginny Clark.
Full-color topographic map of this central High Sierra region of California showing trails with mileages for segments between junctions and showing forested areas, unimproved or jeep roads, ranger stations, campgrounds, backcountry parking, and pack stations. Back of map gives history and geology and descriptions of loop trails from trailheads. Contour interval is 100 feet; scale about 1 inch = 2 miles. 22" wide x 17" high. Update pre-trip.
ISBN: None. 1983. Order #: WETR2141 map$4.95.

KINGS RIVER COUNTRY: Kings River National Park, John Muir Wilderness. LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK. by Stephen C. Voorhees.
A photographic appreciation, plus commentary. Detailed and distant views of cliffs, thermal mudpot, lakeshores, droplets, streambeds, hot spring deposits,shooting-star wildflowers ,the volcanic mountain, contorted tree trunks, and more. Black-and-white and color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: LOOM0801 paper$8.95.

LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK: a natural-history guide to Lassen National Park, Caribou Wilderness, Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Hat Creek Valley, and McArthur-Burney Falls State Park. by Jeffrey P/ Schaffer.
Comprehensive trail guide plus road guide keyed to roadside interpretive markers, with natural history, camping and resort info. 216 pages, photos, maps with topo map in pocket.
ISBN: 0-89997-059-1. Order #: WILD8412 paper$16.95.

LASSEN NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY-- topographic map. Wilderness Press.
Wilderness permits, trails, roads, picnic areas, scenic turnouts, forested areas, lakes, streams, campgrounds. Scale=1:62,500; 18"x21" map with index of all places on map..
Inventory = 1. ISBN: None. Order #: WILD2903 map$5.00.

LASSEN TRAILS: a brief guide to the trails of Lassen Volcanic National Park. by Stephen H. Matteson.
Describes 34 trails in this national park in northern California, including to the summit of the volcano. Introduction gives overview of hiking in this region including concerns for passing through thermal regions of this volcano active in 1914. Table gives average dates when trails have opened in the spring and early summer once the abundant winter snow has melted adequately. Maps are included for each trail and starting points, trail distances and times are given plus terrain and scenic and other features. Trail maps and park overview map, 56 pages, index.
Check stock. ISBN: None. 1982. Order #: LOOM0804 paper$4.95.

LOOKING FOR MO: a novel. by Daniel Duane.
Story is set in northern California including San Francisco and Yosemite Valley around a would-be writer from Generation X who fails in his attempt to climb El Capitan in Yosemite, lifts shared stories from a friend, reunites with that friend and then together finish the climb, exploring the tenuous foundations of friendship. Includes author interview. 236 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-03483-9. 1998. Cover lightly soiled. Order #: MISC2740 paper$12.00.

MINERAL KING: Sequoia National Park. by National Park Service,
Hiking guide with topographic map of a park region of trails leading to several lakes and mountain passes. Mining history of area is presented for the period long before it became a national park and then the attempt to establish a ski area there, which became controversial and finally failed, with the region then being added to Sequoia National Park. 7 trails are described, with trail distances, hiking times, trailside features, and route-finding tips. Map is 18" x 21", scale of 3 1/2 inches per mile, contour interval 80 feet.
ISBN: None. 1995. Order # SEQU1162 map$3.95.

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT (now national park). by Ralph C. Webb.
Geology, plants, animals of park in California's central coast range. Chapters include geology ad paleobotany, and biotic communities of xeric, riparian, chaparral, and foothill woodland. Includes "The importance of ecology" and an essay on the canyon trail in the park. Drawings, bibliography, glossary, photos, 72 pages.
ISBN: None. 1969. Order #: SOPM1322 paper$See VistaBooks Encore: exits.

PIONEERS in PETTICOATS: Yosemite's early women, 1856–1900: schoolmarms, hikers homesteaders, ranchers, side-saddle riders. by Shirley Sargent.
Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Cover photograph: Kitty Tatch and friend on the Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point, 1901. 80 large-format pages, 60 illustrations, index.
ISBN: 1-8783450-1-X. Order #: GRWE7467paper$9.95.

POINT REYES: a guide to the trails, roads, beaches, campgrounds, lakes, trees, flowers, and rocks of Point Reyes National Seashore. by Dorothy L Whitnah.
Guide to area on coast north of San Francisco: trails, beaches, roads, picnic spots, campgrounds, lakes, trees, flowers, rocks of this area of wide sandy beaches, dairy ranches, virgin forests. Photos, maps, 114 pages, plant drawings, index..
ISBN: 0-911824-95-2. Order #: WILD1789 paper$11.95.

REDWOOD NATIONAL & STATE PARKS. REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS.by Donald F. Anthrop.
Describes features and camping facilities of this north coast region of California and offers a living history of the giant trees--ecology, effect of man, preservation. Includes hiking and nature trails, fishing opportunities, plants, logging history, tree distribution, coastal and river areas. Covers Redwood National Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Del Norte Cost Redwoods State Park. Drawings, black-and-white and color photographs, maps,Photos, 72 pages.
Inventory = 1; otherwise out of print. ISBN: 0-87961-058-1. 1977. Order #: NAGR2987 paper$4.95.

ROAD GUIDE TO LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK. by Paul E. Schulz.
Park history and nature keyed to roadside markers. Learn about the park's volcanic features including hot springs and steam vents, birds and mammals, wildflowers, lakes, trailheads, waterfalls, and park museums. Map, color photos, 40 pages.
ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: LOOM0810 paper$3.95.

SEQUOIA-KINGS CANYON: the story behind the scenery (CA)--cloth. Tweed.
Giant redwoods, High Sierra, park history of California national park--the story of this special place written by a long-time naturalist of that area. 89 color photos, 64 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-66-2. 1980. Order #: KCPU3247 cloth$14.95.

STARR'S GUIDE TO THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL AND THE HIGH SIERRA REGION. by Walter A. Starr, Jr.
Classic guide to this region of California, providing backcountry trail information from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney along the "grandfather of long-distance trails", the John Muir Trail. Includes lateral trails to connect from sites along the range that lead up the main trail that winds along the spine of the mountains. Detailed trail descriptions with point-to-point mileages along the way and with text that explains aspects of route finding and terrain features, as well as probable places to camp. Includes large fold-out map of the full 211.9 miles of the trail. Includes advice to travelers regarding clothing, equipment, weather, bears. and more. 224 small pages for easy carrying.
ISBN: 0-87156-172-7. 1974. Order #: RAHO1208vinyl$14.00.

SHORT LINE TO PARADISE: the story of the Yosemite Valley Railroad. by Hank Johnston.
The dynamic story of the Yosemite Valley Railroad, 1907-1945. Travelers to Yosemite can still see its roadbed across the Merced River Canyon from highway 140, and view original rolling stock on display at El Portal. 32 large-format pages, 47 photos, 2 maps, 12 drawing.
ISBN: None. Order #: GRWE7468 paper$12.50.

TIMBERLINE COUNTRY: the Sierra High Route. by Steve Roper.
Starts with a section on wilderness travel and the concept behind discovering and describing a route in the High Sierra of California that maximizes traversing country at timberline (treeline) and higher, as an alternative to this same region's John Muir Trail, laid out with different criteria. The High Route, however, is often also a cross-country route with no trail and so route-finding is an important skill in traveling it, and there is a bit more risk involved. "Early Exploration of the High Sierra" is a meaningful discussion of early pathfinders. The route is described in sections: "Kings Canyon to Dusy Basin", 'Dusy Basin to Lake Italy", "Lake Italy to Devil's Postpile", "Devil's Postpile to Tuolumne Meadows", "Tuolumne Meadows to Twin Lakes". A Sierra Club Tote book. Drawings, 288 little pages for carrying in the field, 24 pages of topographic maps, index.
ISBN: 0-87156-298-7. 1982. /Order #: RAHO1173 vinyl$45.00.

TO FIND THE BIGGEST TREE. by Wendell D. Flint.
Author's 40-year search to find the biggest of the bigtrees (giant sequoias). The giant sequoia is among the oldest and largest living organisms on Earth and this author's quest was to find the biggest of them all. The giant sequoia lives within distinct groves that are known, each one of which supports many immense specimens; the author locates and describes these. Also covered are the surveys of the trees that have been made and the process of measuring one of these giants so the records can be compared. Appendixes give measurements of known large individuals and list groves, with comments. Suggested readings, 116 pages.
ISBN: None. 1987. Order #: SEQU7267 paper$9.95.

TRAILS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY. Yosemite Association. Simple walker's guide map to 9 trails from easy to strenuous--Mirror Lake or Bridalveil Fall to Upper Yosemite Fall and Half Dome with text notes that give distances, average hiking times, difficulties, starting points and features to be seen. Color map unfolds to 9" x 16", shows bikeways, parking areas, campgrounds.
ISBN: None. 1987. Order #: YOCO1861 paper$4.95.

TREES--OR TIMBER?: the story of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. by Douglas Hillman Strong.
Exploration of the region; discovery of giant sequoias; early land use by sheepherders, prospectors, loggers, promoters of railroad; high country explorations and surveys; preservation efforts that created the parks; park road and facility development and interpretation services. 21 historical photographs, 4 maps, 68 pages, index..
ISBN: None. 1980. Order #: SEQU1266 paper$4.95.

WHO POOPED IN THE PARK? Yosemite National Park. by Gary D. Robson.
Sometimes the animals that live in the park are hard to find--but you can almost always find their poop. Discover poop (scat), footprints (tracks), and learn which animals made them. For children. Animals included: black bear, bobcat, coyote, great gray owl, ground squirrel, horse, mule deer, mountain lion, spotted bat. For children. Color drawings, 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-56037-318-0. 2005. Order #: FARC6670 paper$9.95.

YOSEMITE CLIMBER. by George Meyers.
Essays and dramatic action photographs give insights into the challenges and rewards of climbing Yosemite's great rock walls and spires. Shows technical problems on smaller cliffs, intricacies of longer multi-pitch free climbs and the complexities of living on, and climbing the awe-inspiring big-wall routes of El Capitan. Color photos, 96 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-906371-09-0. 1979. Order #: WILD1757cloth$95.00.

YOSEMITE IN PICTURES: the continuing story. McKenzie.
Color photos of the park's grand scenes and activities with extended captions. 48 large-format pages.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 0-88714-057-2. 1991. Order #: KCPU4588 paper$8.95.

YOSEMITE IN PICTURES: nature's continuing story. McKenzie.
Color photos of the park's grand scenes and activities with extended captions. 48 large-format pages.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 978-0-88714+-057-0. 2009. Order #: KCPU4184 paper$11.95.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. by Rand McNally.
Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Directory. Including San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lake Tahoe, and Gold Country with scenic trails and auto tours. History and sightseeing opportunities are presented for localities. Verify data pre-trip. Detailed park and area maps, 192 pages.
ISBN:0-528-84944-1. 1985. Order #: RAMC2949 paper$4.95.

YOSEMITE, LASSEN VOLCANIC & REDWOOD NATIONAL PARKS and surrouhnding area. Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Director in associaiton with the National Park Foundation. YOSEMITE, LASSEN VOLCANIC and REDWOOD NATIONAL PARKS and surrounding area. Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Director in association with the National Park Foundation. by Jean Pierce Postelwaite.
Includes surrounding areas: San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity recreational areas, Lava Beds, Lake Tahoe. Rates points of interest, includes guided tours, seasons, gateways, scenic overlooks and drives, camping, terrain, activities. Explains plant and animal life, geology. Photographs and drawings, maps, 192 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-528-84942-5. 1985. Order #: RAMC1347 paper$9.95.

YOSEMITE, LASSEN VOLCANIC & REDWOOD NATIONAL PARKS and surrouhnding area. Rand McNally National Parks Recreation Director in associaiton with the National Park Foundation. YOSEMITE ROAD GUIDE. by Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry.
Begins with an overview of this national park's features to set the context of discoveries made along the roads. Self-guiding, descriptive tour presents landscape, historic, geologic, wildlife, and botanical features seen along all 9 major park roads. Covers Yosemite Valley and its approaches, Tuolumne Meadows and the Tioga Road, Wawona Road and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Glacier Point and the Badger Pass Ski Area, and the road to Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the northwestern part of the park. Update pre-trip. Photos, maps. 84 pages, index.
ISBN: 9780-939666-24-3. 1981. Order #: YOCO1854 paper$3.95.

YOSEMITE TRAILS. by Lew & Ginny Clark.
Presets the special landscape features, plants, animals, of this park and how to explore them. Provides details and profiles of many of the park trails and includes sections on High Sierra Camps, winter trails, and the giant sequoia trees. Trails are grouped in park regions: Yosemite Valley, Merced River Canyon, South Boundary Country,Central High Sierra, Yosemite North Country. Entry points from within and outside the park are identified and trails adjacent to some sections of the park are included. Photos, maps, l44 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-931532-01-9. 1983. Order #: WETR2140 paper$8.95.

YOSEMITE TROUT FISHING GUIDE. Beck.
From Yosemite's easily accessible roadside spots to remote off-trail backcountry locations, provides history, hatches, climate, regulations, what fish you can expect to find, and how to catch them. 158 pages, photos, maps..
Inventory =1. ISBN:1-57188-223-5. Order #: FRAM6128 paper$15.95.

YOSEMITE WILDLIFE.
ISBN: 978-1-58355-3695-4. Order # WATE6922 $6.95.

YOSEMITE: A Landscape of Life: of its people--resident rangers and managers and park visitors. by Maharidge. Images giving insight to the life that humans bring to the Yosemite landscape: Park personnel, visitors hiking, climbing, skiing, relaxing. Published by Yosemite Conservancy and Sacramento Bee. Color photos, 120 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-939666-56-1. /Order #: YOCO7658 paper$14.95.

YOSEMITE...THE CYCLE OF TUE SEASONS: A Wish You Were Here Book. by Lynn Wilson.
Appreciative text accompanies photographs of this national park in California: Yosemite Valley, waterfalls Tuolumne Meadows, winter, wildlife, granite cliffs, forests, meadows, special lighting. Each scene is further explained in end text. Includes mailing envelope, 31 photographs, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-93936503-0. Order #: SIER1273 paper$4.95.

YOSEMITE: the embattled wilderness. by Alfred Runte.
Aesthetic and philosophical values that have guided management of Yosemite National park since 1864 and the debate over how to manage its natural resources--the inherent conflict between preservation and use. How actions taken have evolved over the years from some beginnings now considered to have been misguided and some that may still be. Even the park's boundaries have changed over the years, beginning with 1864. Illustrated, map, 379 pages. Out of print.
ISBN: 0-8032-8941-3. Order #: UNNE6987 paper$14.95.

YOSEMITE: the story behind the scenery (CA). (by William R. Jones, former Chief Naturalist of Yosemite National Park.
Presents all aspects of the Yosemite story--geologic origin of the principal features, Indian history and "discovery" by early explorers plus role in conservation history as what has been called America's first national park (set aside in 1864 and before Yellowstone of 1872 but without the term "national park" in its formal establishment), scenery of the High Sierra, waterfalls, domes, wildlife, Native Americans, and ecology of the park's three giant sequoia groves. Revised in several new editions since release in 1971, now with over 860,000 copies in print. Color photos.
Inventory = 23. ISBN:0-88714-234-6. 2002. 13th printing. Order #: KCPU073 paper$11.95.

YOSEMITE: the story behind the scenery (CA). by William R. Jones, former Chief Naturalist of Yosemite National Park.
Presents all aspects of the Yosemite story--geologic origin of the principal features, Indian history and "discovery" by early explorers plus role in conservation history as what has been called America's first national park (set aside in 1864 and before Yellowstone of 1872 but without the term "national park" in its formal establishment), scenery of the High Sierra, and ecology of the park's three giant sequoia groves. Yosemite! Its cliffs and waterfalls are so high that the first explorers to see them could not estimate their heights. Its landmark Half Dome is so distinctive in shape as to be unique in the world. Its giant sequoia trees are so old that contemplation of their ages strains our human concept of time. And its High Sierra wilderness is so remote and vast that few have ever seen it at all.
The story behind the scenery takes you through this magnificent National Park in a manner that is unique, interpreting the diversity of its wonders in a way you'll truly appreciate a tale told around Yosemite campfires: A lady visitor, who wanted to spend her time in Yosemite to the best advantage, asked a park ranger, "What would you do if you had only one day to spend in Yosemite?" "Madam," the ranger replied, " I'd weep. 9x12, 64 pages, 69 color photos & 8 maps. Revised in several new editions since release in 1971, now with over 860,000 copies in print.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-0-88714-234-5. 2011. Sixteenth printing. Order #: KCPU4165 paper$11.95.

List of National Park System areas in California:
Alcatraz Island
Cabrillo National Monument
California National Historic Trail
Castle Mountains National Monument
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
Channel Islands National Park
Death Valley National Park
Devils Postpile National Monument
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
Fort Point National Historic Site
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
John Muir National Historic Site
Joshua Tree National Park
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Kings Canyon National Park
Manzanar National Historic Site
Mojave National Preserve
Muir Woods National Monument
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Pinnacles National Park
Point Reyes National Seashore
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia National Park
Tule Lake National Monument
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Yosemite National Park

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19th CENTURY WHALING TALES. by James Temple Brown and Gustav Kobbe.
Pursuing the world's largest mammal in boats powered only by sail and oar.
Perhaps the sea's highest adventure was the whaling chase, as great or greater than exploring uncharted waters. Why else would men risk their lives and their families' securities? The money could be good, too, and for some, there was the chance at freedom, for the industry was mainly blind as to skin color at a time when opportunities for non-whites were scarce. The whaling industry flourished for two centuries, and its traditions are recounted in seaport museums and the stories here:
"Stray Leaves from a Whaleman's Log" is reprinted from Century Magazine, 1893. It tells about chasing of whales on a cruise from the standpoint of the individual whaleman.
"The Perils and Romance of Whaling" came out in Century Magazine in 1890. It gives more of the detail of the subject and also includes anecdotes of episodes from the early days.
A final section "Cutting in and Trying Out" explains the butchering process. Period illustrations. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-089-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-089-8. Order #: VIST0089 paper$4.95.

ACROSS THE PLAINS IN THE DONNER PARTY. by Virginia Reed Murphy.
Author Virginia was 12 years old when her family left Springfield, Illinois to trek across the plains to California, their intended new home, along with 25 fellow emigrants. Along the way, her grandmother died, her pony had to be left, her family lost their oxen and had to abandon a wagon with their possessions, her stepfather killed a man and was banished from the train, and then she and her group were trapped in snows at the eastern foot of the Sierra Nevada crest at and near what is now Donner Lake and Truckee, California. As a result, 13 of those who started with her in Springfield, and 29 more who joined her along the way, never did cross those mountains. Here is the little girl's story, written by her later as an adult, now a part of the American epic of winning the West. Reprinted from Century Magazine with illustrations added from Frederic Remington and others. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-89646-099-7. Order #: VIST0099 paper$7.95.

C.P.R.R.: the Central Pacific Railroad. by Charles Nordhoff.
Reprinted from Marvels of the New West,1882. This is the epic story of building the line across the Sierra Nevada of California, the deserts of Nevada, and the salt flats of Utah to meet the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point on May 10, 1869. Rail fans and history buffs have access today to historic parks and museums at the ends of this line in Sacramento and Promontory Point and along the way at the Donner Lake State Park. There is also an article explaining train travel by passengers at this early date. Period engravings. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-097-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-097-3. Order #: VIST0097 paper$6.95.

DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE IN 1851. by Lafayette Houghton Bunnell, M.D., one of the Discoverers, of the Mariposa Battalion.
First published in 1880, this is the primary account of how Yosemite Valley came to be "discovered" by the white race. Of course, the Indians knew it was there; they were living in it when the battalion came to roust them out. The valley had been seen from its rims and from afar before this trip, but this was the first recorded entry and exploration. Bunnell proposed the name of the Indian tribe for the valley, "as it was suggestive, euphonious, and certainly American; that by so doing, the name of the tribe of Indians which we met leaving their homes in this valley, perhaps never to return, would be perpetuated." Foreword by former chief park naturalist William R. Jones.
Period engravings. 184pages, slightly abridged from the original. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-021-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-021-8. Order #: VIST0021 paper$6.95.

THE HUMMINGBIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATERFALLS. by John Muir.
Reprinted from 1878. This has been called "the finest bird biography ever written". Muir's "waterfall hummingbird" is the water-ouzel, of course, now also called the dipper. Although Muir buffs and birders already know this, even they will enjoy reading or re-reading the story of this little bobber. Some might have seen this little bird, but without this article have not yet enjoyed the flyer/swimmer fully. As Muir's portrayal shows, much of the bird's intrigue is its physical elusiveness while remaining visually accessible. Enjoy this little story and enjoy this little bird. Foreword by former Chief Park Naturalist, Yosemite National Park. Period illustrations. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-019-3. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-019-5. Order #: VIST0019 paper$3.95.

IN THE HEART OF THE CALIFORNIA ALPS: a near view of the High Sierra in 1872... account of the first ascent of Mount Ritter. by John Muir.
Account of the first ascent of Mount Ritter, October, 1872. Record of one of Muir's finest mountain rambles and of the first ascent, a solo one, of this mountain in the Mammoth Lakes country of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Combines natural observations with the adventures and philosophical musings of a nearly fatal climb. Made from a base camp with three artists who were left sketching on the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River late in the season, while Muir ventured into the Minaret country, in 1890 a part of Yosemite National Park but now in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of Inyo National Forest, near Mammoth, California. Three illustrations of Mount Ritter and its region by one of these artists, William Keith, are included. (Keith became an eminent landscape painter, producing many scenes of the West including the Sierra, Yosemite Valley, Mount Shasta, the San Francisco Bay region, and more.) Drawings by Muir are also included, as well as other period illustrations. Foreword by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R Jones. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
KEITH AND MUIR:
William Keith (from St Mary's College of California website):
"A 19th-century leading artist and visionary in San Francisco, William Keith (1838-1911) is most known for his impact on preserving and sharing the California landscape through paint and brush. Saint Mary's College Museum of Art cares for the most comprehensive body of work created by this California Master Landscape Painter.
Keith arrived at Muir's cabin in Yosemite Valley with a letter of introduction in 1872, and a lifelong friendship quickly developed. The two Scottish immigrants took camping trips together in the High Sierra, saw each other when Muir was in San Francisco and helped inspire each other's work. The idea for the Sierra Club was first formed in Keith's studio during conversations with Muir, Dr. Joseph LeConte, the first president of the University of California, and Warren Olney, a prominent San Francisco attorney. Muir's concern with scientific accuracy reinforced Keith's early training as a wood engraver in encouraging him to reproduce the exact topography and details of a landscape early in his career. Keith had also already expressed a preference by 1870 to "study altogether from Nature," reflecting in part the admonishments of the influential writer John Ruskin."
ISBN-10: 0-89646-026-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-026-3. Order #: VIST0026 paper$3.95.

THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1874. by Charles Nordhoff & Gustav Kobbe.
Showing lighthouses and keepers on all U.S. coasts--Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes, with three extra articles by Gustav Kobbe: "Life in a Lighthouse", and if that isn't lonely enough there comes "Life on the South Shoals Lightship". Last is "Heroism in the Lighthouse Service".
Here are four articles on that romantic historic aspect of the maritime industry--the lighthouse. The first is a history and survey of lighthouses to 1874, giving a look at the federal service that operated them and how the lighthouses were run as well as their importance to shipping when when a light was main--sometimes the only--navigational aid. Then there are insights into keepers' lives in one of the most exposed lighthouses ever built (Minot's Ledge outside Boston Harbor). Portrayed, too is the role played by offshore lights on anchored ships. And recalled, too, are dramas and devotion to fellow man and duty that must never be forgotten. First published at the pre-1900 time when lighthouses held greatest importance: Lighthouses remain intriguing for their function and dramatic vertical architecture, and are now historic, recalling dramas of the past. Many of the lighthouses described are in national and state park areas and are maintained as historic sites, with museums and visitor centers open to the public. In many you can still climb to the top for a view keepers once saw. A visit to one of these is all the more meaningful with the insights gained from this collection of articles. 75 period engravings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-086-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-086-7. Order #: VIST0086 paper$6.95.

MOUNTAINEERING IN THE KINGS RIVER COUNTRY, 1864. by Clarence King of the California Geological Survey.
This early ascent of Mount Tyndall at the head of King's River (the river is not related to our author) is now classic Western Americana literature. It is mountaineering drama to the extreme, written even when the foothills of the Sierra Nevada were remote enough, let alone peaks at the range crest, such as Tyndall. Clearly showing is the author's love of nature. This writing appeared in several forms before being gathered with others of King's articles in 1872 into Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, a book still in print! In our little volume we include just material dealing with the Kings River country so that visitors to this region, much of it now in Kings Canyon National Park, can focus. King also conducted the U.S. Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel, an unexplored line through America's interior, and was first director of the U. S. Geological Survey. He has a Sierran peak named for him. Illustrations are added from Picturesque California (1888) and The Yosemite Guidebook (1869). 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-042-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-042-3. Order #: VIST0042 paper$3.95.

OUR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. by John Muir.
Among its forests and wild gardens, animals and birds, fountains and streams. At the turn of the century, John Muir described Yosemite National Park to readers of The Atlantic Monthly in the articles here reprinted. Just a decade before he had been so involved with the park idea that he became known as the "father of Yosemite National Park". Muir knew the park better than anyone else, and he had a gift for expression that keeps his fame and his works alive yet. The writing here is perhaps the best blend Muir gave of the Yosemite as a wild nature preserve. The ecological account is full, and we learn much of Muir's observations of the Yosemite birds, bears, and blossoms as well as its winters, earthquakes, glaciers, and forests. Period illustrations. 96 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-061-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-061-4. Order #: VIST0061 paper$6.95.

THE PROPOSED YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK--treasures and features.by John Muir
Perhaps the most important writing Muir ever did, for here he proposed a national park, which was soon established. He and his editor had hatched the scheme around a Tuolumne Meadows campfire, and so Muir became known as the "Father of Yosemite National Park." The writing is mostly descriptive, in Muir's magnificent style, covering the grand scenes, waterfall explorations, storm flooding, sequoias, glaciers, Hetch Hetchy Valley, and more. An included map shows Muir's proposed park boundaries, larger than today's, as one might imagine, for there was controversy about taking too much mineral land from potential production. Also shown is the watershed of the Yosemite Valley, as a major purpose of the new park was to protect the waterfalls of Yosemite Valley from upstream lumbering and sheep-grazing. At that time, Yosemite Valley was under state operation and the new park would not affect that; later, however, the valley was returned to federal management and the present park achieved its wholeness. Foreword by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R Jones. Reprinted from 1890, with period engravings. 32 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-003-7. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-4. Order #: VIST0003 paper$3.95.

A RIVAL OF THE YOSEMITE: the cañon of the South Fork of Kings River, California. by John Muir.
As they had at Yosemite, Muir and his editor launched a campaign to get Kings Canyon set aside as a national park (some wanted to call it John Muir National Park), advising the law-givers to "make haste before it is too late". This writing was to be the stimulus. The park was not established, however, until 1940, when it was called Kings Canyon National Park. Muir's text is primarily descriptive, but as usual he includes personal adventures, in this case including a close encounter with a grizzly bear. Arguments for establishing the park are included, such as blocking grazing, lumbering, and mining. Text was reviewed by former Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park Chief Park Naturalist and foreword is by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R. Jones. Period engravings, with map showing proposed park boundary, 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-010-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-010-2. Order #: VIST0010 paper$3.95.

SIGNALS OF THE SEA AND HEROES OF THE SURF: the epic story of America's light-houses and life-savers, written at their heyday. by Arthur Hewitt and John R. Spears.
Two of the most romantic traditions of the sea are here combined to form the content of this book--light-houses and life-savers. Stories of the work of the keepers and savers span the range from daytime monotony, and even loneliness, between storms, to the thrill of daring sea rescues in raging winter surf. Through all, dedication of the men involved shines as brightly as the lights they tended and as steadily as their massive surfboats while heading through the breakers to sea. Reprinted from The Outlook for 1903 and 1904. Good reading for anyone intending to visit the many lighthouses and life-saving stations maintained as historic sites on all U.S. coasts. Period engravings. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-088-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-088-1. Order #: VIST0088 paper$4.95.

THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880: predecessor to today's Coast Guard by J. H. Merryman.
Story of chain of life-saving stations that once lined all U.S. coasts--Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Pacific--with rescue dramas, apparatus and technique used by heroic federal surfmen. The U.S. Life-saving Service was at its heyday when this material was written in 1880. Shipping was a busy industry among the seaport cities, yet navigation was often unsure, and storms poorly predicted. Wrecks were all too common; ships in peril were even run toward shore to founder them where they would be closer to possible rescue. A chain of life-saving stations on all four U.S. coasts was therefore established to save lives. Accounts of heroism at these lonely outposts remain amazing--and chilling. Our author was chief inspector of the board examining these station's crews. He tells of the organization of the Service, the desperate need for the life saving function, of rescues, and of rescue methods and apparatus. Today many of these stations are maintained as historic reminders of past deeds, and several are in parks and/or include museums. Some provide demonstrations of how rescues were made in the surf and by lifeboats. Read this book and visit one or several of the stations on any coast for an appreciation of the life-saving service heritage. 79 period illustrations. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-071-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-071-3. Order #: VIST0071 paper$6.95.

THE WILD SHEEP. by John Muir.
Here the early naturalist-writer glorifies the mountain sheep, or bighorn, of the Sierra Nevada. In Muir's time (1881 is the date of this writing), sheep were still to be seen on his High Sierra rambles. He notes the distribution of sheep and their various species as well as their physical characteristics, and he also describes their mountain home where they lived, "the happy wanderers, perhaps relishing the beauty as well as the taste of the lovely flora on which they feed." But as always his finest sections are where he describes the sheep themselves and how they move about on cliff walls, fine four-legged mountaineers. Today, park and wildlife agencies are reestablishing populations of wild sheep in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere, and we may thank Muir in part for this, as his writing helped keep our appreciation alive for them. Reviewed by Chief Park Naturalists at Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Period engravings. 32 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-017-7. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-017-1. Order #: VIST0017 paper$3.95.

THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER: an 1892 account. by James M. Carson, with extracts from John Muir's writings.
An appreciation of Yosemite Valley's winter character and an early history of the first winter residents, with plenty of quoted passages from John Muir, who also was a year-round valley resident in the early days. Reports of floods, in which trees were swept over the waterfalls, of the ice-cone at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall, snow-banners flying off rangecrest peaks, use of "snowshoes" (skis, today) to bring in the mail, winter-time climatic differences between north and south sides of this deep east-west trending valley due to shadows. Foreword by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R. Jones. Period engravings. 16 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-053-3. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-053-9. Order #: VIST0053 paper$3.95.

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