Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite

Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite

In June of 1889 in San Francisco, John Muir—iconic environmentalist, writer, and philosopher—meets face-to-face for the first time with his longtime editor Robert Underwood Johnson, an elegant and inf…

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