The High Sierra of California by Gary Snyder

The High Sierra of California by Gary Snyder

The first Trade Paperback edition of our recent bestseller with the poetry and journals of Gary Snyder, the woodcuts of Tom Killion, and the reflections of John Muir combining to present the power and beauty of this natonal treasure. Included are 28 exquisite full color and dozens of b&w woodcuts in the Japanese style.

Woodcut and letterpress artist Tom Killion grew up in Marin County, California, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, where the rugged scenery inspired him from an early age to create landscape prints strongly influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Along with publishing fine art letterpress books, Killion holds a PhD in African history from Stanford University and has taught history at several Bay Area universities. He is the founder of The Quail Press and his extensively illustrated books include 28 Views of Mount Tamalpais, The Coast of California, and Walls: A Journey Across Three Continents. Killion and Gary Snyder collaborated onm California's Wild Coast, The High Sierra of California, and Tamalpais Walking, all published by Heyday. You can find out more about his artwork at tomkillion.com.

Gary Snyder is a poet, author, scholar, cultural critic, and professor emeritus of the University of California at Davis who has published sixteen books of poetry and prose, including The Gary Snyder Reader (1952–1998). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His Turtle Island won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1975, and his book-length poem Mountains and Rivers Without End won the Bollingen Prize in poetry in 1997. In 2008 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.

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ISBN 13	9781890771515
ISBN 10	1890771511
Title	The High Sierra of California
Author	Gary Snyder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Heyday Books
Year published	2014-10-16
Number of pages	144
Prizes	Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (Original Concept) 2003, Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Nature) 2003
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.