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Yosemite History

Want to know how Yosemite National Park came into being? Or perhaps how the Native people lived?  These books will provide excellent informaiton on those subjects and more.
The Yosemite by John Muir
ISBN: 9780812967012
Publisher: Modern Library
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: January 14, 2003

Muir was instrumental in the formation of Yosemite National Park, and reading his own personal explorations into the land is both fascinating and full of passion.  it is debatable if anyone loved Yosemite as much as Muir, and this book is a solid piece of evidence for that claim. - Jerry Fieldsted, bookseller
$
14.00    
Indian Life of Yosemite Region - Miwok Material Culture by Samuel A. Barrett and Edward W. Gifford
ISBN: 9780939666126
Publisher: Yosemite Association
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: December 12, 1933

I've had local archaeologists tell me that this is the bible of Miwok material culture.  If you want to know about one of our local tribes, this is the book to get. - Jerry Fieldsted, bookseller
$
14.95    
Legends of the Yosemite Miwok, compiled by Frank La Pena, Craig D. Bates, and Stephen P. Medley
ISBN: 9781597140737
Publisher: Yosemite Association/Heyday Books
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: February 01, 2008

The spoken myths and stories of the Yosemite Miwok offer a glimpse into Native American culture, and into the Yosemite long before it became a National Park.  The editors strived to keep these tales as close to their traditional roots as possible, and their care shows in this interesting book. - Jerry Fieldsted, bookseller

$
12.95    
Discovery of the Yosemite by Lafayette Houghton Bunnell, M.D.
ISBN: 9780939666584
Publisher: Yosemite Association
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: December 12, 1991

Bunnell was part of the first outside party that stumbled into the Yosemite Valley, and his recollections are an essential part of the known history of that period.  Bunnell was the one who suggested that the site be known as Yosemite, and was the one who spread the word about its beauty to the remainder of America and the world.  Most intriguing. - Jerry Fieldsted, bookseller
$
9.95    
One Hundred Years in Yosemite by Carl Parcher Russell
ISBN: 9780939666607
Publisher: Yosemite Association
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: December 01, 1992

Called "the first significant study of Yosemite National Park" by Alfred Runte, Russell's book is a fantastic trip back through the early years of Yosemite's life as a National Park. - Jerry Fieldsted, bookseller
$
9.95    

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