The Illuminated Landscape: A Sierra Nevada Anthology

by Noy, Gary

• ISBN13: 9781597141284
• ISBN10: 1597141283
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Heyday Books

Summary

The essays, poetry, and stories presented in The Illuminated Landscape encompass the entire Sierra Nevada experience: an ancient Yokuts Indian creation myth, vignettes of life in mining camps, a curious deer taking a stroll through Beetle Rock, the impact of a simple camping trip, the solace found by a family held in an internment camp, and an attempt to climb Matterhorn Peak.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
Golden Misty Dawn-To 1840
The Yokuts, "The Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range"	p. 3
The Yokuts, "Prayer for Good Fortune"	p. 5
The Washo, "Weh Hai Ge Ge A"	p. 6
The Konkow, "Old Gambler's Song"	p. 7
"Football Big-Time"	p. 8
"My Mountain"	p. 10
The Maidu, "Mountain Lion and His Children"	p. 13
Pedro Font, "Tuesday, April 2, 1776," from Font's Complete Diary	p. 22
The Opening Eyelids of Dawn-1841-1859
Chief Winnemucca	p. 27
From Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and California in the years 1843-'44	p. 29
from Snow Mountain Passage	p. 36
from What I Saw in California	p. 45
from A Frontier Lady	p. 50
from Eldorado	p. 56
from Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851 Which Led to That Event	p. 60
from California Inter Pocula	p. 65
from The Journal of Henry David Thoreau	p. 69
from Jim Beckwourth, Crow Chief	p. 71
"The Luck of Roaring Camp"	p. 74
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"	p. 85
from Los Chilenos en California	p. 91
from Daughter of Fortune	p. 97
from The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit	p. 102
"My Grizzly Bear"	p. 107
(Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe), "Letter of January 27, 1852"	p. 112
from I Hear the Hogs in My Kitchen	p. 116
from Ghost Town	p. 119
from Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California	p. 122
from An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco, in the Summer of 1859	p. 125
Always Afternoon-1860-1899
from Roughing It	p. 135
from Up and Down California in 1860-1864	p. 142
from Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada	p. 145
from China Men	p. 150
from "Passage to India"	p. 155
from Across the Plains	p. 157
"Eight Days in the Yosemite"	p. 159
from A Journal of Ramblings through the High Sierra of California	p. 163
"A Wind Storm in the Forests of the Yuba"	p. 165
from Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915	p. 171
"Portrait of a California Girl"	p. 179
from A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West	p. 183
from McTeague	p. 186
"All Gold Cañon"	p. 193
Shadows in the Alpenglow-1900-1950
from The Land of Little Rain	p. 213
from The Northern Maidu	p. 219
"Yosemite"	p. 221
from A Dangerous Place	p. 223
from The Yosemite	p. 228
newspaper series, 1928	p. 236
from Sierra Club Bulletin, February 1932	p. 238
"Blues"	p. 240
from One Day on Beetle Rock	p. 242
from Farewell to Manzanar	p. 246
Twilight of the Dawn-1951-1990
from The Dharma Bums	p. 255
"What Happened Here Before"	p. 260
"Bride of the Bear"	p. 264
"Indian Summer"	p. 268
from Gentle Wilderness	p. 270
"Favors"	p. 276
from It Will Live Forever	p. 289
from Nature Noir	p. 302
from Angle of Repose	p. 309
Quiet-Colored End of Evening-1991-Present
from The Sierra in Peril	p. 323
"Questions for a Miwok Uncle: Ahwahneechee Man"	p. 331
"Late Summer in the Sierra"	p. 333
from A Place in Space	p. 335
"Sitting on Top of the World"	p. 338
from Lighting Out	p. 354
from Yosemite	p. 361
"Josefa of Downieville: The Obscure Life and Notable Death of a Chicana in Gold Rush California"	p. 368
"Tribal Identity Grade Three"	p. 384
from Crow's Range	p. 386
from The Secret Sierra	p. 391
"Holiday Train to Reno"	p. 394
"Clan Markings, Stanislaus National Forest, 1980s"	p. 397
"American Woman"	p. 400
"The Ark of the Sierra"	p. 412
"The Power of Trees"	p. 419
Sources and Permissions	p. 429
Author Index	p. 437
Acknowledgments	p. 439
About the Editors	p. 444
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