Item #21147 Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian (SIGNED). Shirley Sargent.
Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian (SIGNED)

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

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