Place Names of the Sierra Nevada - From Abbot to Zumwalt Birds A brief introductory section provides

A brief introductory section provides planning data

This user-friendly field guide minimizes technical terms and includes a checklist

The book contains chapters on the region's geologic story

exuberant portrait makes clear

Jim Meuninck

Place Names of the Sierra Nevada - From Abbot to Zumwalt Birds A brief introductory section providesOver the years, the High Sierra has attracted a diverse group of travelers and residents who have explored its rivers, valleys, mountain peaks, lakes and passes. These names are clues to the colorful and unusual aspects of the area's past, and the people and events that shaped it. In 1926, the Sierra historian Francis Farquhar wrote Place Names of the High Sierra. Published by the Sierra Club, it quickly became a standard reference book. Since then,