From Library Journal
This is the noted photographer's last book project, begun two years before his death in 1984 at the suggestion of his friend, Wilderness Society president William Turnage. The straightforward design takes pertinent quotations from Adams's writings on wilderness conservation and interleaves them with informal subject groupings of photographs: Yosemite, ocean beaches, Yellowstone, Hawaii, trees, plants, and flowers. Turnage's warm introduction helps readers grasp in concrete terms the early shaping of Adams's commitment to nature conservation, his prodigious output and accomplishments, his visual legacy, and the success of his mission, spanning six decades, to preserve America's wild places. The quality of the large reproductions, from prints prepared by Adams's associate John Sexton, could not be finer. Recommended for photography, geography, and environmental science collections. BOMC selection.- Kathleen Collins, Great Barrington, Mass.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
The Photographs of Ansel Adams with the Writings of John Muir This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ansel Adams whose landmark early photographs of wild America, originally taken for the Works Progress Administration, fill the pages of this splendid volume. Adams' breathtaking images are accompanied by excerpts from the writings of Sierra Club founder John Muir, the renowned conservationist who devoted his life to celebrating and preserving the American wilderness.


From the Publisher
Through the lens of Ansel Adams, America saw itself clearly for the first time. With more than 100 of his stunning photographs, AMERICA'S WILDERNESS pays tribute to the dedication, work, and vision of Ansel Adams. here with the eloquent writings of John Muir are the images that opened the eyes of a nation.


About the Author
JOHN MUIR (1838-1914), naturalist and writer, was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1848. Muir dedicated his life to the preservation of the American wilderness, campaigning strongly for the establishment of Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, which Congress approved in 1890. His work played a key role in President Theodore Roosevelt's acts to preserve 148 million acres of American forest. Muir founded the Sierra Club in 1892. He wrote dozens of magazine articles advocating a national conservation policy and published several books including The Mountains of California (1894), The Yosemite (1912),and Travels in Alaska (1915).