Books for Sale:
Trails
& Tales of Yosemite & the Central Sierra by Sharon Giacomazzi
This guide leads you to more than 60 of the best walks and hikes among the
spectacular scenery of Yosemite Park and the surrounding Sierra. Sharon
Giacomazzi interweaves the trails with tales of native peoples, early
explorers, Gold Rush mining, pioneer lumbering, early railroads, John Muir's
adventures, and more.
$17.25 + $3 postage & handling
Sierra Nevada - The Naturalist's
Companion by Verna R. Johnston
Beginning with the western foothills, Verna Johnston evokes a vivid picture
of the varied plant and animal life encountered as the elevation increases,
tops the crest, and drops to the more precipitous, arid eastern Sierra
slope. She takes readers through chaparral and mountain meadows, pine and
fir forests, granite expanses and snowy peaks, and provides a color gallery
of her excellent photographs of the region and its wildlife. Johnston writes
of the Native Americans' uses and stewardship of the land, the role of fire
in forest ecology, the eras of sheepherders and loggers, the work of John
Muir and other preservationists, and the battles to save Mono Lake and Lake
Tahoe. This (1998) edition documents many of the changes that have occurred
in the Sierra since the book was first published in 1970, including acid
snow, tensions involving human and cougar habitats, and an ominous drop in
amphibian populations.
$15 + $3 postage & handling
Revised:
March 10, 2008
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