Restoring a Bridge to the Past - Yosemite Online
Restoring a Bridge to the Past - Yosemite Online
Restoring a Bridge to the Past - Yosemite Online
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22 Y O S E M I T E A S S O C I A T I O N , F A L L 2 0 0 4<br />
The Ahwahnee—<strong>Yosemite</strong>’s Grand Hotel<br />
by Keith S. Walklet.<br />
It has been called <strong>the</strong> finest hotel in <strong>the</strong> national park system. Surrounded by<br />
three-thousand-foot granite cliffs and forests of immense pines in <strong>the</strong> heart<br />
of California’s <strong>Yosemite</strong> Valley, The Ahwahnee was built <strong>to</strong> attract visi<strong>to</strong>rs of<br />
wealth and means at a time when American society was developing a love<br />
affair with <strong>the</strong> au<strong>to</strong>mobile.<br />
The monumental hotel of s<strong>to</strong>ne, timber, concrete, and steel remains a remarkable<br />
achievement, a rare convergence of art and vision, combining <strong>the</strong> talents of public<br />
servants, architects, engineers, designers, and craftsmen.<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> dramatic s<strong>to</strong>ry of this remarkable hotel, designated as a national his<strong>to</strong>ric<br />
monument, detailed from conception <strong>to</strong> completion <strong>to</strong> contemporary times in a<br />
carefully researched narrative by author/pho<strong>to</strong>grapher Keith S. Walklet. Illustrating<br />
<strong>the</strong> volume are some 50 his<strong>to</strong>ric pho<strong>to</strong>graphs and over 70 new color images. The book is 64 pages long, 9 by 12<br />
inches, and case bound with dust jacket. $19.95; member price $16.96<br />
Marking <strong>the</strong> Sparrow’s Fall—The Making of <strong>the</strong> American West<br />
by Wallace Stegner, edited and with a preface by Page Stegner.<br />
In this, <strong>the</strong> first collection published since Wallace Stegner’s death in 1993, his son Page<br />
has annotated and edited fifteen essays that have never before been published in books, a<br />
little-known novella, and Wallace Stegner’s most powerful and well-known essays on <strong>the</strong><br />
American West, which held sway in Stegner’s vivid prose.<br />
“It is a country <strong>to</strong> breed mystical people, egocentric people, perhaps poetic people. But<br />
not humble ones. . . . Puny you may feel <strong>the</strong>re, and vulnerable, but not unnoticed. This is<br />
a land <strong>to</strong> mark <strong>the</strong> sparrow’s fall.”—from Wolf Willow.<br />
Each magical piece of writing collected here reveals <strong>the</strong> stylistic grace, humorous outlook,<br />
and intellectual rigor that earned Stegner his enormous readership and fame. This<br />
is as complete and comprehensive a statement as we are ever likely <strong>to</strong> have about what<br />
it means <strong>to</strong> be a westerner, about what it means <strong>to</strong> know ourselves as part of <strong>the</strong> natural<br />
world and competent <strong>to</strong> belong <strong>to</strong> it. The volume is 360 pages long, 5.5 by 8 inches, and<br />
paperback. Copyright 1998, Henry Holt. $15; member price $12.75<br />
Wilderness Act 40th Anniversary T-Shirt<br />
from a wood block by Chiura Obata.<br />
This year Americans everywhere are celebrating forty years of Designated<br />
Wilderness in <strong>the</strong> United States—a true American legacy. In honor of this<br />
anniversary, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yosemite</strong> Association has developed a special 40th<br />
anniversary t-shirt <strong>to</strong> call attention <strong>to</strong> and celebrate this miles<strong>to</strong>ne.<br />
The back of <strong>the</strong> mocha brown, garment-washed tee features a full-color<br />
reproduction from a wood block print by Chiura Obata entitled “Clouds, Upper<br />
Lyell Trail” and dated 1930. The type above and below <strong>the</strong> image reads: “Sierra<br />
Nevada Wilderness—Celebrating Forty Years of Protection.” The front of <strong>the</strong> shirt<br />
is printed in brown and green with <strong>the</strong> national Wilderness Act 40th Anniversary<br />
logo that reads: “Celebrating America’s Wilderness, 1964-2004.”<br />
The 100% cot<strong>to</strong>n, pre-shrunk, garment-washed t-shirt by Anvil is mocha brown<br />
in color and comes in both short-sleeved and long-sleeved versions. Please specify<br />
size S–XXL and sleeve type. Short-sleeved tee is $16; member price $13.60.<br />
Long-sleeved tee is $20; member price $17