High Sierra Wonderland

Publication Year: 1961.

High Sierra Mountain Wonderland, by Wampler, Heald and McDermand. Privately published by Joseph Wampler, Box 45, Berkeley 1, Calif. 122 pages, illustrated. Price $2.00.

Seldom has such a small book contained so much. The high country traversed by the John Muir Trail forms the approximate area described. The authors are experts on their respective subjects. Six well-composed and highly interesting chapters by Weldon Heald cover Topography, Geology, History, Climate and Botany. Charles McDermand writes well about fish and fishing in one chapter. For the fisherman this one chapter justifies the book. Joseph Wampler introduces the reader to birds, animals and maps of the region, and to John Muir in a few intimate sketches, terminating the book with two informative chapters on how to enjoy the Sierra Nevada and how to visit it. A complete bibliography brings the book to a close. The great number of illustrations will stimulate the interest of the prospective visitor. The authors, each in his own way, have through their words succeeded in creating a true image of the “Range of Light.”

Einar Nilsson