Such a Landscape! : A Narrative of the 1864 California Geological Survey Exploration of Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon from the Diary, Fieldnotes, Letters and Reports of William Henry Brewer

by Brewer, William H.; Alsup, William H.; Yosemite Association

• ISBN13: 9780939666911
• ISBN10: 093966691X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

Here are collected William Brewer's diary, field notes, letters, and reports (many previously unpublished) made during the Geological Survey's landmark explorations of some of California's wildest terrain. William Alsup ties these various sources together with his own careful observations made over a dozen years as he traced and photographed the survey party's route through the central Sierra Nevada. Adding substantially to the beauty of the book are forty of Mr. Alsup's remarkable black-and-white photographs, elegantly reproduced by the duotone process.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 5
Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
William Brewer's Narrative
To the Big Trees	p. 23
To Mount Silliman	p. 26
Mount Brewer and Mount Whitney	p. 39
Kings Canyon	p. 58
The Owens Valley	p. 64
Mono Pass to Mount Goddard	p. 72
The San Joaquin	p. 82
Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Backcountry	p. 91
Postnote	p. 103
List of Camps	p. 105
List of Plates	p. 114
Sources	p. 115
Acknowledgments	p. 117
Index	p. 118
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