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Lights and Shadows of Yosemite (1926) by Katherine Ames Taylor

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• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Frontispiece Quotation—“The Range of Light”
• In the Beginning—Origin of Yosemite
• Early Occupants—The Indians
• Discovery of Yosemite by the White Men
• Pioneer Days in the Yosemite—Early Travelers
• Old Yosemite Landmarks
• Yosemite Valley—Descriptive
• Yosemite’s High Country
• Hetch Hetchy
• Yosemite’s Giant Sequoias
• “First Families” of Yosemite
• Indian Legends
  • The Legend of Tu-tok-a-nu-la and Tis-sa-ack
  • The Legend of Hum-mo—The Lost Arrow
  • The Legend of Po-ho-no—The Evil Wind
  • Pi-wy-ack—Legend of Pi-wy-ack, or Vernal Falls
  • Tu-tok-a-na
  • Tis-sa-ack
• Upon Beholding Yosemite
• Acknowledgments
• Administration

About the Author

See biography in introduction to Yosemite Tales and Trails, also by Katherine Ames Taylor.

Bibliographical Information

Katherine Ames Taylor (1895-1979), Lights and Shadows of Yosemite: Being a Collection of Favorite Yosemite Views, Together with a Brief Account of Its History and Legends, for Those Who Want to Know and Enjoy Yosemite More (San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Co., 1926) 87 p., Ill. 22 cm. Bound in brown cloth-covered boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Copyright 1926 by Katherine Ames Taylor. No copyright renewal. LCCN 26014774. Library of Congress call number F868.Y6 T2.

Contains photographs by Ansel Adams, De Cou, Harry Best, Charles M. Hiller, James V. Lloyd, Arthur C. Pillsbury, George E. Stone, Frank J. Taylor (author’s husband), Alex Wiederseder, Camp Curry Studio, and City of San Francisco.

Converted to HTML by Dan Anderson, December 2007, from a copy at San Diego Public Library.
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

Copyright status: This book is in the public domain, as it was published over 95 years ago.

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