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NATURAL 5 TAT E A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing Selected and Edited by Steven Gilbar With a Foreword by David Brower UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London NATURAL STATE NATURAL 5 TAT E A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing Selected and Edited by Steven Gilbar With a Foreword by David Brower UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1998 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Natural state: a literary anthology of California nature writing Iselected and edited by Steven Gilbar : with a foreword by David Brower. p. cm. Includes bibliographic references and index ISBN 0-SI0-11108-8 (cloth: alk. paper).- ISBN 0-510-11109-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Natural history-California. 1. Nature. I. Gilbar, Steven. QHI0S.C1N41S 1998 s08·794-dc 11 97-19119 Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 os 04 03 02 01 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSIeIN ISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (p.,..,umence ofP ap.,~. CONTENTS Foreword / xi Introduction / I THE CREATION CahtoMyth The Creation /9 Darryl Babe Wilson Grampa Ramsey and the Great Canyon / 13 THE MOUNTAINS Joaquin Miller An Elk Hunt / 21 Joseph LeConte Ramblings in Yosemite / 27 Mark Twain Lake Tahoe /32 Jack K.erouac Climbing Matterhorn Peak / 40 Harold Gilliam A Mount for All Seasons /52 AnnZwinger Trumpets ofL ight / 64 David Rains Wallace The Fourth Dimension /73 Daniel Duane Climbing Half Dome / 81 THE HILLS AND VALLEYS William H. Brewer Into the Valley /93 Robert Louis Stevenson The Sea Fogs / 101 Jack London On Sonoma Mountain /108 John Steinbeck Flight / II6 M. F. K Fisher Spirits oft he Valley / 129 Barry Lopez A Reflection on White Geese / 135 David Darlington In Condor Country /150 David Mas Masumoto Winter's Fog / 158 Hildegarde Flanner A Vanishing Land / 161 Wallace Stegner Remnants / 169 THE DESERT John Daniel Desert Walking / 189 Edward Abbey Death Valley /200 Susan Zwinger Overlooking Carrizo Gorge / 3 2I Gary Paul Nabhan The Palms in Our Hands / 9 2I THE COAST J. Smeaton Chase Gaviota Coast Trails /237 Lawrence Clark Powell Where the Mountains Meet the Sea /243 Henry Miller BigSur/250 T. H. Watkins The Sundown Sea /259 Russell Chatham A Certain Moment / 269 &mNunn Tapping the Source /274 Gretel Ehrlich Santa Rosa /279 John McKinney Lost Coast / 285 EARTH, WIND, RAIN, AND FIRE James D. Houston Continental Drift /301 John McPhee The San Andreas Discrepancy /305 John Muir A Wind-Storm in the Forest /]16 Joan Didion The Santa Ana /326 Mary Austin Nurslings oft he Sky /330 Jane Hollister Wheelwright The Storm /337 Margaret Millar After the Fire /349 Afterword: Coming into the Watershed /355 Gary Snyder Further Reading /369 Acknowledgments /375
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