The Yosemite
by John Muir
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About this eBook
- Author
- Muir, John, 1838-1914
- Credits
- Dan Anderson and Andrew Sly
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 7091
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7091
- Release Date
- December 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Yosemite — by John Muir — Acknowledgment — Contents
- 2.Chapter 1 The Approach to the Valley — The Sierra From The West — Characteristics Of The Cañons — The Incomparable Yosemite — The Approach To The Valley — The First View: The Bridal Veil — General Features Of The Valley — The Upper Cañons — Natural Features Near The Valley — Down The Yosemite Creek — The Yosemite Fall — A Wonderful Ascent — The Grandeur Of The Yosemite Fall — The Nevada Fall — The Vernal Fall — The Illilouette Fall — The Minor Falls — The Beauty Of The Rainbows — An Unexpected Adventure — Climate And Weather — Winter Beauty Of The Valley — Exploring An Ice Cone
- 3.Chapter 2 Winter Storms and Spring Floods — An Extraordinary Storm And Flood
- 4.Chapter 3 Snow-Storms — Avalanches — A Ride On An Avalanche — The Streams In Other Seasons
- 5.Chapter 4 Snow Banners — A Wonderful Winter Scene — Earthquake Storms
- 6.Chapter 5 The Trees of the Valley
- 7.Chapter 6 The Forest Trees in General — The Sugar Pine, King Of Pine Trees — The Yellow Or Silver Pine — The Douglas Spruce — The Incense Cedar — The Silver Firs — The Two-Leaved Pine — The Mountain Pine — The Western Juniper — The Mountain Hemlock — The White-Bark Pine — The Nut Pine
- 8.Chapter 7 The Big Trees
- 9.Chapter 8 The Flowers
- 10.Chapter 9 The Birds
- 11.Chapter 10 The South Dome
- 12.Chapter 11 The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley Was Formed
- 13.Chapter 12 How Best to Spend One’s Yosemite Time — One-Day Excursions No. 1. — One-Day Excursions No. 2. — Two-Day Excursions No. 1. — Two-Day Excursions No. 2. — A Three-Day Excursion — The Upper Tuolumne Excursion — Other Trips From The Valley
- 14.Chapter 13 Early History Of The Valley
- 15.Chapter 14 Lamon
- 16.Chapter 15 Galen Clark
- 17.Chapter 16 Hetch Hetchy Valley
- 18.Appendix A Legislation About the Yosemite
- 19.Appendix B Table of Distances
- 20.Appendix C Maximum Rates for Transportation
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