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References

Sources of further information and enrichment.



Books:

  • YOSEMITE, The Embattled Wilderness by Alfred Runte, © 1990.
    University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln and London; IBSN 0-8032-3894-0.

  • Preserving Nature in the National Parks, A History by Richard West Sellars, © 1997.
    Yale University; IBSN 0-300-07578-2.

  • Regreening The National Parks by Michael Frome, © 1992.
    The University of Arizona Press; ISBN 0-8165-1288-4.

  • My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir.
    Penguin Group, Viking Penguin Inc., (Intro, Gretel Ehrlich © 1987)

  • The Mountains of California, 1894, by John Muir.
    Dorset Press, published 1988; IBSN 0-88029-267-9.

  • Spirit of the Rock by Ron Kauk, © 2003
    Gibbs Smith; ISBN 1-58685-150-0.

  • Yosemite As We Saw It, A Centennial Collection of Early Writings & Art, by David Robertson, © 1990.
    Yosemite Association; ISBN 0-939666-53-7.

  • Obata's Yosemite, The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927 with essays by Janice T. Driesbach and Susan Landauer.
    Yosemite Association, © 1993; ISBN 0-939666-67-7

  • Yosemite Place Names, The historic background of geographic names in Yosemite National Park by Peter Browning, © 1988.
    Great West Books; ISBN 0-944220-00-2.

Books; Yosemite's Indigenous Peoples and their Cultures -- Yesterday and Today:
  • It Will Live Forever, Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation by Beverly R. Ortiz as told by Julia F. Parker.
    Heyday Books, © 1991; ISBN 0-930588-45-2.

  • Tradition and Innovation, A Basket History of the Indians of the Yosemite-Mono Lake Area by Craig D. Baters and Martha J. Lee.
    Yosemite Association, © 1990; ISBN 0-939666-54-5.

  • Miwok Material Culture, Indian Life of the Yosemite Regionby S. A. Barrett and E. W. Gifford. Originally published 1933.
    Yosemite Association; ISBN 0-939666-12-X.

Books; Flora and Fauna:

  • Discovering Sierra Trees by Stephen F. Arno.
    Yosemite Association and Sequoia Natural History Association in cooperation with the National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior.

  • Trees of the California Sierra Nevada, Backpacker Field Guide Series tm by George A. Petrides/Olivia Petrides, © 1996.
    Explorer Press; ISBN 0-9646674-0-1.

  • Wildflowers of Yosemite by Lynn & Jim Wilson and Jeff Nicholas.
    Sunrise Productions, © 1987; ISBN 0-9617651-0-0.

  • Animal Life in the Yosemite, An Account of the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in a Cross-Section of the Sierra Nevada by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer, Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California.
    University of California Press, © 1924.


Reports:

  • "Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report", 1865, by Frederick Law Olmsted.
    (This report was unpublished and undiscovered until 1952. It may have been suppressed.)
    Yosemite Association, © 1995; IBSN 0-939666-69-3.

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