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Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:06 pm
by suncup
New to this board, and not sure how this works....

Kenneth Rexroth, In the Sierra: Mountain Writings (New Directions: 2012), Kim Stanley Robinson, ed.

Rexroth's Sierra prose and poetry, plus some interesting additional stuff.

What are the criteria for inclusion in this library list? Is there a list somewhere of what already is in your library? (I have quite a few Sierra books...)

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:39 pm
by markskor
suncup wrote: What are the criteria for inclusion in this library list? Is there a list somewhere of what already is in your library? (I have quite a few Sierra books...)
Very top (logo) - far right, it says "resources"...includes our HST library.
As to how to suggest/ include other books - Eric has the final say -
(but any book suggestions must be still in print and available from Amazon.)

BTW, Welcome.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:33 pm
by rlown
https://www.amazon.com/Place-Names-Sier ... 0899971199

Might be a nice add to the library..

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:41 pm
by ERIC
Strange, I thought I had that one on there.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 7:09 pm
by Dave_Ayers
I suggest adding "The Incomparable Valley: A Geologic Interpretation of the Yosemite" by Matthes. A good intro to how the Sierra was formed with an emphasis on geology.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:16 pm
by ERIC
I'll put it on the list. Thanks, Dave.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:59 pm
by alpinemike
Two that I surely thought were on the list...

History of the Sierra Nevada By Francis Farquhar.
Excellent book with a collection of essays and stories included by many of the original Sierra Explorers.

My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir. Published later and after his more well known works... still an excellent classic for lovers of Muir, the Sierra, and romantic writing.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:28 pm
by zacjust32
Any of Hank Johnston's books are great: 'They Felled the Redwoods', 'The Whistles Blow no More', and 'Railroads of the Yosemite Valley' Not HIGH Sierra, but great historical books on turn of the century logging and industrialization.

Re: The High Sierra Library

Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 1:11 pm
by rliebenberg
Since it hasn't been mentioned, and was published after the last posting in this thread, "The High Sierra: A Love Story" by Kim Stanley Robinson (https://www.amazon.com/High-Sierra-Love ... 031659301X)