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AMERICA'S GRAND RESORT HOTELS: 80 classic resorts in the United States and Canada. by Rod Fensom.
Features resorts built between 1847-1929 with over 100 rooms each, attractive locations in seashore, mountain, or desert, active guest schedules, longer average stays, and historic atmosphere or design. Chronology of hotel openings from 1776 to 1980. Among them are The Ahwahnee of Yosemite, Old Faithful Inn of Yellowstone, The Sagamore of New York, Skytop Lodge of Pennsylvania, Chateaui Lake Louise of Canada. 100 photos, 224 pages, index. Published by East Woods Press. Condition: uncirculated.
ISBN: 0-88742--022-2. 1985. Order #: GLPE4395 paper$39.00.

 

ANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA. by Fran Hubbard.
Stories about animals and national parks and forests and why we need them, for children. Species included are bear, lion, deer, wood-rat, gopher, marmot, and more. Explains what are mammals, teeth as tools, facts about feet. Copiously illustrated by William D. Berry. Sierra region includes Yosemite, Lassen, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks. 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: AWAN1029 paper$9.50.

 

THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain).
Facsimile of 1875 edition of Clemens' hilarious story "rescued" from a translation into French. The 1875 edition of Mark Twain's tale of Jim Smiley and his jumping frog. 32 pages, illustrated. Centennial edition, out of print.
ISBN: 978-0-910584-02-9. Order #: FILT4512 paper$6.00.

 

 

 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 locater profiles, 320 pages, appendix of climbs by grade, glossary, index.
Inventory =5. ISBN: 0-87156-048-8. 1971. Order #: RAHO1262 vinyl$29.00.

 

CLIMBING ROUTES ON YOSEMITE'S WALLS (Poster). Harmon.
Identifies 148 routes--lengths, steepness, locations. 36"x 59" rolled. We have a few copies left of this classic portrayal, none perfect; inquire and we will describe.
ISBN: . WILD1758 poster$49.95.

THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS & BIGTREES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. by John Muir.
Although known for his contributions to the understanding of Yosemite Valley's geologic origin and for his conservation work, botany was always Muir's first love, and he produced wonderful writings on Sierra trees. These are both descriptive of the trees' features and appreciative of their beauty and place in nature. The magnificent bigtree, also known as sequoia or Sierra redwood, assumes an important part in this. Special, too, is the insert on "A Wind Storm in the Forests of the Yuba" in which Muir ventured out into the windy day, instead of "crouching deprecatingly beneath a roof", climbed into the upper branches of a tall douglas-fir, "to get my ear close to the aeolian music of its topmost needles", then swayed about in arcs of 20 to 30 degrees.  Period engravings are added to the text. 40 pages.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-027-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-027-0. Covers bent. Order #: VIST0027 paper$19.00.

portrait of John Muir, conservationist, naturalist, writer, mountaineer

THE DAWN OF THE WORLD: myths and tales of the Miwok Indians of California. by C. Hart Merriam.
Stories collected from Miwok Indian peoples at the turn of the century--at a time when original cultural memories could still be recounted. Provides a special view of the cultural and philosophical ways of today's Miwok ancestors. These tales were related by Miwok elders usually in the ceremonial roundhouse at night by firelight and constitute the religious history of the tribe. Included are creation myths, accounts of the First People, of beings who antedated humans, and tales about animals, death and ghosts, witches and giants, and natural phenomena. Illustrations, 283 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-832-8193-5.1993. Order #: UNNE2722 paper$20.00.

 

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.

 

DISCOVERING SIERRA REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. Basey.
ISBN: 978-0939666-03-0. Order #: YOCO1849 paper$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 (YOCO1850). 9 x12 inches, proportioned to framing. Cover print is of giant sequoia. Published by Yosemite Natural History Association.
Inventory =1. 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: . Order #: YOCO1858 paper$15.00. Out of print.

 

 

 

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$12.95.

EAT, DRINK & BE HAIRY: the travels & travails of Yosemite's bears & their peculiar pals. by Phil Frank.
Every year four urbanized black bears make a summer-long visit to Yosemite from San Francisco in Phil Frank's cartoon strip 'Farley,' which appears daily in the San Francisco Chronicle. Known as Bruinhilda, Alphonse, Franklin, and Floyd, the ursine quartet members wreak devious havoc in Yosemite Valley and have become a thorn in the side of the park rangers. Other Yosemite-related strips feature Velma Melmac (an RV-loving camper from Manteca who abhors dirt), her assistant in a campground cleaning business Lisa Ann, Velma's love interest Rhett, seasonal ranger Farley, Charbeaver (an employee at the Fog City Dumpster), and even former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. This collection of nearly 300 hilarious cartoon strips originally appearing between 1999 and 2004 is the second 'Farley' book to be published by the Yosemite Conservancy. The first, Fur and Loafing in Yosemite, has proven to be a classic favorite of park visitors and Yosemite lovers. The book includes a cast of characters, a map of the annual migration route of Ursus corruptus, a wonderful schematic drawing of Velma's Ark-A-Lounger motor home, and an inside view of the bears in camp. 168 pages; 12 inches x 9 inches; illustrated in black and white; paperback; copyright 2006, Yosemite Conservancy.
ISBN: 1-930238-21-5. Order #: YOCO1287 paper$13.95.

RC FIRE IN SIERRA NEVADA FORESTS: a photographic interpretation of ecological change since 1849. by George Gruell.
The face of the Sierra has filled in-and that, Gruell says, is not a good thing; not for wildlife, not for the forest and not for the future of the range's ecosystems." - Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times.
Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests examines the woodlands through repeat photography: re-photographing sites depicted in historical photographs to compare past vegetation to present. 256 pages, 7.25 x 10.25. Published by Mountain Press.
ISBN: 0-87842-446-6. Order #: MOPR9062 paper$95.00. RC

FISKE: the cloudchaser. by George Fiske.
A portfolio of early Yosemite photographs by George Fiske. Published by The Oakland Museum and the Yosemite Natural History Association, 1981. 12 historical sepia prints.
ISBN: None. Order #: YOCO4598 folio$49.00.

 

 

FUR AND LOAFING IN YOSEMITE: a collection of 'Farley' cartoons set in Yosemite National Park. Frank.
Inventstrips feature Velma Melmac (an RV-loving camper from Manteca who abhors dirt), her assistant in a campground cleaning business Lisa Ann, Velma's love interest Rhett, seasonal ranger Farley, Charbeaver (an employee at the Fog City Dumpster), and even former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. This collection of nearly 300 hilarious cartoon strips originally appearing between 1999 and 2004 is the second 'Farley' book to be published by the Yosemite Conservancy. The first, Fur and Loafing in Yosemite, has proven to be a classic favorite of park visitors and Yosemite lovers. The book includes a cast of characters, a map of the annual migration route of Ursus corruptus, a wonderful schematic drawing of Velma's Ark-A-Lounger motor home, and an inside view of the bears in camp. 168 pages; 12 inches x 9 inches; illustrated in black and white; paperback; copyright 2006, Yosemite Conservancy.
ISBN: 978-0-939666-94-2. Order #: YOCO4874 paper$12.95.

 

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. 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, origin 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.

 

#GEOLOGY UNDERFOOT IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. Glazner & Stock.
ISBN: 978-0-87842-568-6. Order #: MOPR8688 paper$24.00. Check for this.

#GOLD COUNTRY RENAISSANCE: a guide to the artists & artisans of California's historic Mother Lode Country. Robins.
Tells of and locates the many potters, painters, sculptors and other artists and artisans now living and working in this area, providing addresses and phone numbers and listing art festivals and fairs. Photos, 184 pages.
ISBN: 0-87701-175-3. Order #: CHRO2995 paper$15.00.

GOLD COUNTRY: the story behind the scenery. Paher.
Presents the great gold rush of 1849 to California, with stories of miners and places and peeks at remaining buildings and machinery. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-111-0. 2005. Second Printing. Order #: KCPU4618 paper$11.95.

 

 

 

 

GOLD COUNTRY: the story behind the scenery. Paher.
Presents the great gold rush of 1849 to California, with stories of miners and places and peeks at remaining buildings and machinery. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-111-0. 1996. First printing. Order #: KCPU4750 paper$11.95.

 

 

 

GUIDE TO THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL. by Thomas Winnett.
Describes this High Sierra route in California both north-south and south-north, with mileages, features, sites, travelers' tips. Starts in Yosemite Valley and ends atop Mount Whitney. Includes how to plan and prepare for a trek and shows trail profiles of the ups and downs along the route. Photos, 28 maps, 112 pages.
ISBN: 0-89997-040-0. Order #: WILD1753 paper$9.95.

 

 

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.
ISBN: 0-939666-78-2. 1995. This copy lacks flashlight and whistle. Order #: YOCO0280 spiral$15.95.

 

RC 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 RC

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

JOHN MUIR IN YOSEMITE. by Shirley Sargent; 4 foreword by John Muir's granddaughter.
Yosemite gave Muir purpose and goals that changed his life and that of the nation. This book presents his early years in Yosemite and his struggles to preserve the wilderness. To students of Muir, John Muir and Yosemite are synonymous. To Shirley Sargent, historian, long time resident and authority on Yosemite, telling the story of Muir and his love affair with the Valley was a must. "She has related the story of John Muir's residency, his work, studies, accomplishments, and struggles which were the prelude to his life's work in geology, conservation, and the establishment of National Parks, with freshness and enthusiasm. She dispels some old legends with accurate research and has documented for all time the true facts concerning one of America's outstanding preservationists."  (Jean Hanna Clark, granddaughter of John Muir.) "The Call of the Wild", "First Summer in the Sierra", "A Lifetime of Love Work", "Pathway to Immortality". 48 pages, 8.5 x 11, 44 illustrations.
ISBN: None. Order #: GRWE7465 paper$10.00.

#A JOURNAL OF RAMBLINGS THROUGH THE HIGH SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA. by Joseph LeConte. First excursion of University of California professor into the Sierra, with his students. Daily experiences of camp life and mountain explorations, plus geological speculations at the time when understanding of the origin of Yosemite Valley and the remnant glaciers of the higher areas was being considered. Includes meeting with John Muir on the trail and also at Tenaya Lake. 135 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-939666-70-7.Order #: HEYD3355 paper$9.50.

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.

 

 

MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS: the mountain national parks of the West. by Jodi Freeman.
Coloring book on Western Canada/US parks: Crater Lake, Mt Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, Yosemite Banff, Yoho, more. Text descries the parks' features and drawings to be colored often include active park visitors along with the scenic features and animals. 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-937871-33.8. Order #: THSH3524 paper$4.95.

 

 

#NATURAL AREAS AND YOSEMITE: prospects for the future.
1990 Yosemite Centennial Symposium: natural area management, biodiversity, cultural history. 667 pages.
ISBN: . Order #: YOCO5238 paper$35.00.

Replace Oh, Ranger! with original editions:

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 #: GRWE7467 paper$9.95.

 

  

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#SEQUOIAS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. Harvey.
Guide to Mariposa, Merced, and Tuolumne Groves. Color illus., 40p. 
ISBN: 0-939666-14-6. Order #: YOCO1860 paper$4.95.

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.

SIERRA BIG TREES. by John Muir.
In 1875 Muir made a tremendous exploration of the southern Sierra Nevada to survey the range of the giant sequoia. That trip may remain the most comprehensive single look at the tree yet, and this book tells his findings. It is an appreciative report of this tree, "very god of the woods". Muir describes the tree's range and its botanical characteristics, muses about the age it can attain, notes the effect of lightning strikes, and shares his several-days observation of a forest fire among them: "huge fire-mantled trunks on the hill slopes glowing like bars of hot iron." Foreword by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R. Jones. Period engravings. 80 pages.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-069-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-069-0. Paper covers, some scuffing. /Order #: VIST0069 paper$25.00.

SIERRA NEVADAN WILDLIFE REGION. by Vinson Brown.  
Most of the common plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish of California's mountainous area are described and illustrated. 144 pages.
Sierra Nevadan is a splendid field guide to the common wild animals and plants of the Sierra Nevadan wildlife region, which includes most of the mountainous area of California. Sierra Nevadan (now in a revised and expanded edition) identifies plants and animals by arranging them in their most typical habitats. When hiking in a streamside woodland, turn to that section of the book where most of the common plants and animals of that habitat are listed. Readers can do the same with Middle Mountain Forests, Sub-Alpine Forest, Middle Mountain Meadows, Alpine Fell Fields or Meadows, Rocky Areas and Cliffs, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Chaparral and Sagebrush Areas, and Freshwater Areas. 126 of the region's common plants and 263 of its mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish are plainly described and carefully illustrated. Sierra Nevadan is a reliable, portable, 'user-friendly' guide that should be every hiker, camper, and wildlife watcher's constant out-of-doors companion." The Midwest Book Review, Sept. 1996).
ISBN: 978-0-87961-22-7. Order #: NAGR2025 paper$9.95.

SIERRA TROUT GUIDE. by Ralph Cutter.
Sierra trout live in a wonderful environment which is portrayed in 100 beautiful color photos on thick glossy stock. Learn how to successfully fish the lakes and streams from an expert. Color fly plates and tying recipes for all the most productive fly patterns. Tackle and technique information that reveals the best ways to hook trout. Information on backpacking, fishing and hiking checklists, maps and permits, most productive waters. Distribution charts containing names and locations of over 550 rivers and 1,700 lakes and the trout species they contain. 112 inches, 8 x 11 color,
ISBN: 978-1-878175-02-1. Order #: FRAM2030 paper$25.00.

SKI TOURING IN CALIFORNIA. by David Beck.
A complete book for cross-country skiing in California with a large tour section for beginning as well as advanced skiers. Shows where to ski and how to ski with an illustrated technique section. Also discusses touring with kids, snowcamping, and avoiding avalanches. 35 tours are detailed, with mileages, starting points, elevations gained, difficulty class, and best season. Topographic maps show tour routes, 222 pages, index, bibliography.
ISBN: 0-89997-034-6. 1980. Order #: WILD1773 paper$12.95.

 

 

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 #: RAHO1208 vinyl$14.00.

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.

 

 

 

THE TREE ARMY: a pictorial history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 (book). by Stan Cohen.
The New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the life of every American from the time of his inauguration in 1933 down to the present. There is general agreement that one of the best programs—and certainly one that left a remarkable visual legacy of conservation work—was the Civilian Conservation Corps. 8 1/2"x 11", 192 pages, 193 photos.
ISBN: 0-933126-11-5. Order #: PIHI5797 paper$14.95.

 

WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT GRANITE? by Jennifer H. Carey.
104 pages, with color photos and drawings, for young adults and general readers. How granite forms from cooling magma, its various types and compositions of varying minerals, how it cracks, exfoliates, and erodes.
ISBN:978-0-87842-563-1. Order #: MOPR1729 paper$18.00.

 

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.

WORTHWHILE PLACES: correspondence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright. edited by Joseph W. Ernst.
Illustrates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped shape our national park system, documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. Rockefeller and Albright shared a common concern and love of America;s natural had historic heritage and combined the opportunities of both the private sector by Rockefeller and the public one of Albright, a National Park Service director who remained active in parks conservation his entire life. Parks involved include--in some cases as to their establishment: Acadia, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, Virgin Islands as well as other areas such as the California Big Trees, Florida's Bald Cypress Swamp, and Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg. Photographs, maps, 366 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-8032-1330-7. 1991. Order #: MISC2732 paper$65.00.

RCYOSEMITE 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 #: WILD1757 cloth$95.00. RC

 

#THE YOSEMITE FUN BOOK: a kid's guide to Yosemite. Ross.
Campfire songs, design an Indian basket, keep list of animals seen, answer riddles, more. 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-939666-45-6. Order #: YOCO4877paper$3.95.

YOSEMITE IN PICTURES: the continuing story (CA). by Len McKenzie.
Color photos of the park's grand scenes and activities with extended captions. 48 large-format pages. 1991.
ISBN: 0-88714-057-2. 1991. First printing. Order #: KCPU4588 paper$8.95.

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

 

 

 

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING AREA: National Parks Recreation Directory. Rand McNally.
Includes Lake Tahoe, Reno, gold country, Point Reyes, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area: points of interest, lodgings and restaurants, travel infoHistory and sightseeing opportunities are presented for localities. Detailed park and area maps, photos, 192 pages. Not a recent title.
ISBN: 0-528-84944-1. 1985. Order #: RAMC2949 paper$4.95.

 

 

 

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 TRAILS: exploring the High Sierra. Chase.
Reprint of historic classic first published in 1911, with introduction by naturalist Carl Sharsmith, 360 pages.
ISBN: 9-935382-58-5. Order #: TIOG2364 paper$9.95.

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 WILDFLOWERS AND THEIR STORIES. by Bill  Hood and Mary Hood.
Histories, illustrations, locations. Published by Flying Spur Press. Illustrated with line drawings.
ISBN: None. Order #: FLSP5988 paper$15.00.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: a natural history guide to Yosemite and its trails. by Jeffrey P. Schaffer.
Natural history guidebook to virtually all trails in the park, including scenery and natural history along each. Also hiking policies, procedures. Table lists park hikes with time recommended, grade and difficulty, hiking season, amount of use, swimming/fishing options, scenic. Photos, maps, 290 pages, large fold-out topo map in pocket shows over 1,000 miles of trails.
ISBN: 0-89997-028-1. Order #: WILD1792 paper$16.95.

 

 

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: A National Treasure. Sargent.
Presents the many facets of Yosemite National Park--creation of the park, origin of the landscape, early history, arts, Indians, park concessioner, and visiting the park. Color and black-and-white photos, 98 large-format pages, with dust jacket.
ISBN: 1-880352-12-5. /Order #: YOPC3459 cloth$20.00.

 

 

YOSEMITE...THE CYCLE OF THE 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 Cycle of the Seasons. Wilson.
Brief prose and color photos present park in annual moods. Includes mailer. 87 color photos, 96 pages.
ISBN: 0-939365-08-1. Order #: SIER9809 paper$14.95.

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, 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

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. Revised in several new editions since release in 1971, now with over 860,000 copies in print. Color photos. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = 23.ISBN:0-88714-234-6. 2002. 13th printing. Order #: KCPU0738 paper$11.95.

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.

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DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE IN 1851 (CA). 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, Willim R. Jones. Yosemite National Park. Period illustrations. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustratins.
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. by John Muir.
Account of the first ascent of Mount Ritter (13,149 feet), October, 1872. This is one of Muir's finest mountain rambles and of this 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 of peaks and ice fields. Later, in 1890, this became a part of the new Yosemite National Park but then became placed in Inyo National Forest, and is now in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. An illustration of Mt. Ritter by one of these artists, William Keith, is included. 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.
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 AND MUIR 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.

OH, RANGER! a book about the national parks. by Horace M. Albright and Frank J. Taylor.
This is the classic, 1928 edition. Here is a nostalgic look at America's early national parks and their ranger service by their director of that time. Author Albright was also a long-time superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Originally published in 1928 by Stanford University Press, and available continuously ever since, this book relates humorous stories of bears and other wild animals, Indians, fishing, park "dudes and sagebrushers" (hotel guests and campers, respectively), the fledgling ranger service, and the antics of the American tourist early in the roaring '20s. This edition includes the late author's last foreword and a tribute from a former president and early Yellowstone ranger, Gerald Ford. To the pen-and-ink drawings from the original have been added 50 early park photographs. 160 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-068-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-068-3. Order #: VIST0068 paper$7.95.
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Note that this classic edition of Oh, Ranger! A Book about the National Parks is reprinted from the original 1928 printing co-authored by National Park Service Director Horace Albright. A book with a similar title, Oh, Ranger! True Stories form Our National Parks, was issued in 2007 with a collection of more recent ranger stories. Another recent book of ranger stories is called Hey Ranger, with more than one volume.

OUR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CA). 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 & features, 1890 (CA). 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 placed under 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.

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(William R. Jones) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (John Palmer). 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 (CA). 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 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 Williarm 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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