This delightful little book provides the ideal pause for contemplating the special qualities and values of Yosemite National Park, as well as other parks and wilderness. Each dazzling full-color photograph, many of them new for this tenth anniversary edition, is paired with an original quote or newly selected classic quote about nature, the environment, or America's national parks. Includes a new foreword by former Yosemite National Park superintendent Mike Tollefson and the insights of writers, scientists, poets, and leaders such as:David BrowerGary SnyderRachel CarsonBernard DevotoJohn MuirAlbert EinsteinDiane AckermanTerry Tempest WilliamsEdward AbbeyFranklin D. RooseveltFyodor DostoevskyCedric WrightMarcel ProustShelton JohnsonJulia ParkerPete HamillSir John LubbockDayton DuncanRobinson JeffersMargaret EisslerWallace StegnerRalph Waldo EmersonHenry David ThoreauBaba DioumMargaret MurieRainer Maria Rilke | Yosemite Meditations by Claudia Welsh, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters