Yosemite National Park

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NATURE'S MASTERPIECE IN STONE
PHOTOCRAPHS BY PAT O'HARA TEXT BY DAVID ROBERTSON DESIGN BY MCQUISTON DAUCHTER
In the center of the Sierra Nevada, California7s backbone, and some 150 miles directly inland from San Francisco Bay, lies Yosemite Valley. It was in 1864 that America's national park system was launched when President Abraham Lincoln signed a law deeding Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the State of California to be held for public use, "inalienable for all time/'
All who enter Yosemite's magic circle behold a natural colossus of incomparable beauty. Progres-sively through open meadows and canopied forests, the valley reveáis its wonders: Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock, Three Brothers and Sen-tinel Rock, and finally the clearing below Yosemite Falls, with Half Dome in the distance.
In this book, stunning photographs and lucidly informative text move the reader from the memorable entry to Wawona,... Tovább

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Ydsemite
i national park
NATURE'S MASTERPIECE IN STONE
PHOTOCRAPHS BY PAT O'HARA TEXT BY DAVID ROBERTSON DESIGN BY MCQUISTON DAUCHTER
In the center of the Sierra Nevada, California7s backbone, and some 150 miles directly inland from San Francisco Bay, lies Yosemite Valley. It was in 1864 that America's national park system was launched when President Abraham Lincoln signed a law deeding Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the State of California to be held for public use, "inalienable for all time/'
All who enter Yosemite's magic circle behold a natural colossus of incomparable beauty. Progres-sively through open meadows and canopied forests, the valley reveáis its wonders: Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock, Three Brothers and Sen-tinel Rock, and finally the clearing below Yosemite Falls, with Half Dome in the distance.
In this book, stunning photographs and lucidly informative text move the reader from the memorable entry to Wawona, where the Giant Sequoia is encountered, through the timeless beauty of Yosemite Valley, on to the dramatic vistas of Glacier Point, and finally along the Tioga Road to Tuolumne Meadows.
Photographer Pat O'Hara shares with writer David Robertson an ongoing love for and intimate expe-riencing of Yosemite. The book is printed on 100-pound acid-free text paper and includes 68 color photographs, plus text and captions. Vissza