Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian (SIGNED)
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1964. First Edition. SIGNED by Shirley Sargent on typed label on ffep in year of publication. 8vo. 88 pp. Photo-illustrated plates. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (slight darkening to spine; light markings to front cover). Item #21147
Galen Clark was officially appointed the first Guardian of the Yosemite National Park, a position that he held for most of the next 35 years. During his tenure as Yosemite’s guardian, Clark accompanied John Muir, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and other well-known scientists, writers, painters, and tourists on outings around the park. Instrumental in preserving Yosemite for future generations, Galen Clark died in 1910 at the age of 96.
Price: $75.00