The Yosemite
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01a - Chapter 1 beginning with The Approach to the Valley
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01b - Chapter 1 beginning with First View: The Bridal Veil
17:14 -
01c Chapter 1 beginning with The Yosemite Fall
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01d Chapter 1 beginning with The Nevada Fall
13:41 -
01e Chapter 1 beginning with An Unexpected Adventure
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Chapter 2 Winter Storms and Spring Floods
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Chapter 3 Snow-storms
14:29 -
Chapter 4a beginning with Snow Banners
11:50 -
Chapter 4b beginning with Earthquake Storms
17:36 -
Chapter 5 The Trees of the Valley (short)
8:20 -
Chapter 6a beginning with The Forest Trees in General
13:51 -
Chapter 6b beginning with The Yellow or Silver Pine
17:04 -
Chapter 6c beginning with The Two-leaved Pine
11:29 -
Chapter 6d beginning with The Mountain Hemlock
10:28 -
Chapter 7 The Big Trees (30-40 minutes)
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Chapter 8 The Flowers
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Chapter 9 The Birds
13:38 -
Chapter 10 The South Dome
12:56 -
Chapter 11 The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley was Formed (30-40 minutes)
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Chapter 12a beginning with How Best To Spend One's Time
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Chapter 12b beginning with The Upper Tuolumne Excursion (30-40 minutes
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Chapter 13 The Early History of the Valley
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Chapter 14 Lamon
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Chapter 15 Galen Clark
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Chapter 16 Hetch Hetchy Valley
21:14
The Yosemite (1912) is a public domain work.
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On foot in April 1868, John Muir heads toward Yosemite through California hills thick with spring flowers. His account begins with this approach to the valley, then turns to its granite walls, the Merced River, surrounding forests and changing mountain weather. Published in 1912, the book combines personal travel writing with observations of trees, birds, flowers and the glaciers that shaped the landscape.
Muir gives the giant sequoias particular attention, counting seedlings and examining the ground where new trees take root. He describes how fire and fallen trunks prepare soil for growth, and considers how roots and woodland debris retain rain and melting snow. Alongside these close studies, the contents include practical advice on spending time in Yosemite and chapters on the valley’s early history. Readers interested in nature writing can follow both his eye for color and light and his patient attention to forest renewal.
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