Books and Articles

Arnold, Caroline. The Biggest Living Thing. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1983.
Brower, Kenneth. Yosemite: An American Treasure. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1990.
Brynes, Patricia. Environmental Pioneers. Minneapolis, MN: Oliver Press, 1998.
Butcher, Russell D. National Parks and Conservation. Old Saybrook, CT: Association Guide to National Parks: Pacific Region, 1999.
Carr, Ethan. Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Demars, Stanford E. The Tourist in Yosemite, 1955-1985. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1991.
Four Against the Odds: The Struggle to Save Our Environment. New York: Scholastic, 1992.
Greene Carol. John Muir: Man of Wild Places. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991.
Grossman, Adrienne Moss and Valerie Beardwood. Trail of His Own: The Story of John Muir and His Fight to Save Our National Parks. New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1961.
Ito, Tom. The Importance of John Muir. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1996.
McConnell, Amy, Ed. Fodor's National Parks of the West. New York: Fodor's Travel Publications, 1996.
Muir, John. The Wilderness World of John Muir edited by Edwon Way Teale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954.
Miller, Sally, R., Ed. John Muir in Historical Perspective. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 1999.
Orsi, Richard J., Alfred Runte and Marlene Smith-Baranzani. Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1993.
Petersen, David. Yosemite National Park. Chicago: Children's Press, 1993.
Radlauer, Ruth. Yosemite National Park. Chicago: Children's Press, 1975.
Talmadge, Katherine S. John Muir: At Home in the Wild. New York: 21st Century Books, Henry Holt & Co., 1993.
Wadsworth, Ginger. John Muir: Wilderness Protector. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1992.
Weitzman, David. The Mountain Man and The President. New York: Steck-Vaughn Co., 1993.
Wilkins, Thurman. John Muir: Apostle of Nature. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
The World of John Muir. Stockton, CA: The Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies, University of the Pacific, 1981.

Online Resources

Muir, John. Our National Parks. Sierra Club. 1901.
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/our_national_parks/

Muir, John. "The Hetch Hetchy Valley." Sierra Club Bulletin, January, 1908.
http://california.sierraclub.org/hetchhetchy/hetch_hetchy_muir_scb_1908.html November 1, 2001. A revised version of this essay, edited to emphasize the similarities of Hetch Hetchy to Yosemite Valley, comprises Chapter 16 of Muir's 1912 book, The Yosemite. The supplemental text provided below comes from the book.

National Park Service. www.nps.gov

USDA Forest Service. www.nps.gov/yose

Supplemental Images

Pictures 1-6, 8, 10-15, and 17-18 below come from Olin Dunbar Wheeler collection of photographs of Yosemite Valley and the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition [graphic], [ca. 1880-ca. 1925]. Newberry Library call number: Ayer Photographs box 68, plus the individual photograph number listed below, e.g., AP3709.

Pictures of Yosemite

1. Arch Rock (AP3664)
2. Cabin in Mariposa Grove (AP3700)
3. Driving Through Wawona Tree (AP3706)
4. Driving on Tioga Pass (AP3670)
5. Dining at Glacier Point Hotel with a view of Half Dome (AP3684)
6. Glacier Point Hotel (AP3683)
7. Half Dome "Half Dome - Cloud's Rest beyond." In Muir, John. The Yosemite. New York: The Century Co., 1912. Newberry Library call number: G941995 .602
8. Half Dome in the Clouds (AP3842)
9. Hotel Wawona "Hotel Wawona, near Mariposa Grove of Big Trees." In United States Railroad Administration. Yosemite National Park, California. 1919. Newberry Library call number: G93 .92
10. Mono Lake on Tioga Pass (AP3709)
11. Riding on Horseback to Glacier Point (AP3682)
12. Sentinel Hotel and Half Dome (AP3716)
13. Sentinel Rock (AP3717)
14. Tenaya Lake by Tioga Pass Route (AP3718)
15. Tuolumne Meadows Lodge (AP3723)
16. Vernal Falls "Vernal Falls. Its chorus of liquid voices is heard for miles." In United States Railroad Administration. Yosemite National Park, California. 1919. Newberry Library call number: G93 .92
17. Yosemite Falls (AP3728)
18. Hetch Hetchy Valley 1 (AP3690)
19. Hetch Hetchy Valley 2 "Hetch-Hetchy Valley." In Muir, John. The Yosemite. New York: The Century Co., 1912. Newberry Library call number: G941995 .602

Supplemental Texts

The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. Chapter 9 of Muir, John. Our National Parks, 1901. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1901.

The Tourist in Yosemite. Excerpt from Demars, Stanford E. The Tourist in Yosemite, 1955-1985. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1991. Pp 1-3. Reproduced courtsey of the University of Utah Press.

The Hetch Hetchy Valley. Selection from Muir, John. "Hetch Hetchy Valley" in his The Yosemite. The Century Company, 1912. Newberry Library call number: G 941995 .602

Wilderness by Design. Carr, Ethan. Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Pp 65 - 72.

National Park Service Mission Statement. From http://www.nps.gov/legacy/mission.html on 31 July 2002.

Grades K-2 Resources

• Pictures of Yosemite (see Supplemental Images)

Grades 3-5 Resources

• The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks.

Grades 6-8 Resources

• The Tourist in Yosemite
• Pictures of Yosemite (see Supplemental Images)

Grades 9-12 Resources

• The Hetch Hetchy Valley
• National Park Service Mission Statement