Yosemite Meditations

By Michael Frye

Book Overview

This delightful little book provides the ideal pause for contemplating the special qualities and values of Yosemite National Park, as well as other parks and wilderness. Each dazzling full-color photograph, many of them new for this tenth anniversary edition, is paired with an original quote or newly selected classic quote about nature, the environment, or America's national parks. Includes a new foreword by former Yosemite National Park superintendent Mike Tollefson and the insights of writers, scientists, poets, and leaders such as: David Brower Gary Snyder Rachel Carson Bernard Devoto John Muir Albert Einstein Diane Ackerman Terry Tempest Williams Edward Abbey Franklin D. Roosevelt Fyodor Dostoevsky Cedric Wright Marcel Proust Shelton Johnson Julia Parker Pete Hamill Sir John Lubbock Dayton Duncan Robinson Jeffers Margaret Eissler Wallace Stegner Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Baba Dioum Margaret Murie Rainer Maria Rilke

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930238509
• ISBN13: 9781930238503
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Book

This small book has had a big impact on my love of Yosemite. I take it with me every time I visit and sit in the meadow and read. Great, I highly recommend it.

WONDERFUL GIFT BOOK

This little book is just the right size to take along for reflective reading while you are hiking in the Park. It is great as a stocking stuffer for the Holiday Season. Great reminder if you cannot visit as often as you would like.