10-22-2021, 10:33 AM
Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian by Shirley Sargent 2nd Edition
Yep, another Galen Clark book. Also written by Shirley Sargent. But this one was written about thirty years or so after the first one with a lot of new information that had just come to light. There were also a lot of very nice pictures. I think this book gave me a much better understanding about Mr. Yosemite. He was a horrible businessman but a great conservationist. The classic story was that he was supposed to die when he was forty because of lung problems. He decided he would die in the mountains near the beautiful Yosemite. 56 years later that is exactly what he did. I remember vaguely hearing this story back in Junior High when I was on a week long trip to Yosemite. Only recently have I put the story with the actual person.
If you are going with seminal figures in early Yosemite History, Clark has to be in the top 5 along with Hutchins and Muir.
Yep, another Galen Clark book. Also written by Shirley Sargent. But this one was written about thirty years or so after the first one with a lot of new information that had just come to light. There were also a lot of very nice pictures. I think this book gave me a much better understanding about Mr. Yosemite. He was a horrible businessman but a great conservationist. The classic story was that he was supposed to die when he was forty because of lung problems. He decided he would die in the mountains near the beautiful Yosemite. 56 years later that is exactly what he did. I remember vaguely hearing this story back in Junior High when I was on a week long trip to Yosemite. Only recently have I put the story with the actual person.
If you are going with seminal figures in early Yosemite History, Clark has to be in the top 5 along with Hutchins and Muir.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm