Glen Denny's photos preserved and romanticized the 1960's era that is now referred to as the Golden Age of American Rock Climbing. His memoir brings a sense of purity and non-commercialization to the sport and recalls memories of a time when no one really knew if the rocks could even be climbed.
This picture book recounts an actual event in the life of naturalist John Muir, in which he narrowly escapes drowning while exploring a waterfall at Yosemite Falls in 1871. Includes additional information about Muir's life in the back matter and a list of further resources.
In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.
Presents nineteenth-century naturalist John Muir's account of his experiences traveling in the Yosemite Valley, and includes color photographs taken a century later by Galen Rowell, each complemented by a quotation from Muir's writings and an annotation by Rowell.
