The Sierra Nevada: A Mountain Journey [Hardcover]

Tim Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0933280548 | ISBN-13: 978-0933280540 | Edition: 1

A natural history of the Sierra Nevada that brings the range, the people, and the surrounding communities to life.

"Cool, clean, holistic, ..... exquisite poetry of light, space, and rock .... the whole effect is exhilarating." The Washington Post

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"We should leave the earth in an equal or better condition than what we found here," is the philosophy pervading this account of a trip through the celebrated mountain range. Poetic and introspective moments offset the ideology: "I know I am nothing, absolutely nothing out here. Yet I am everything, because I am a life made of earth itself . . . . I stand until the winds feel cold, and then . . . I hunt for shelter among the rocks." Tense scenes of high adventure, such as the author's first experience climbing a mountain, or his night atop a summit during a lightning storm, relieve a frequently heavy, slow pace. The chapter on Lake Tahoe is an elegy to a fading beauty and is a particularly good example of the author's strengths. Palmer, a regional planner who has explored and written about the nation's rivers and mountains, balances statistics with portraits of the region's inhabitants, descriptions of nature with challenges to the intellect. "Is freedom a matter of empty space?" asks this thought-provoking work.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 339 pages
• Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (December 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933280548
• ISBN-13: 978-0933280540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,046,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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