Guardians of the Valley

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Guardians of the Valley is written by Dean King and published by Simon and Schuster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1982144475 (ISBN 10) and 9781982144470 (ISBN 13).

"In June of 1889 in San Francisco, John Muir--iconic environmentalist, writer, and philosopher--meets face-to-face for the first time with Robert Underwood Johnson, his elegant and influential editor at the Century Magazine. Before long, the pair, opposites in many ways, decide to venture to Yosemite, the magnificent valley where twenty years earlier Muir experienced a personal and spiritual awakening that would set the course of the rest of his life. Upon their arrival they are confronted with a shocking sight, as predatory mining, tourism, and logging industries have plundered and defaced 'the grandest of all the special temples of Nature.' While Muir is devastated, Johnson, an arbiter of the era's pressing issues in the pages of the nation's most prestigious magazine, decides that he and Muir must fight back. The pact they form marks a watershed moment, leading to the creation of Yosemite National Park and launching a battle over wilderness that captivates the nation and ushers in the American environmental movement."--Back cover.