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Obata's Yosemite: The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927Obata's Yosemite: The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927 by Chiura Obata
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $82.46
The single best book you can buy if you're going to Yosemite
The High Sierra of CaliforniaThe High Sierra of California by Gary Snyder
Buy used from: $37.50
Another MUST HAVE book; Killion was a student of the magnificent artist Obata
John Muir: Nature's VisionaryJohn Muir: Nature's Visionary by Gretel Ehrlich
Buy used from: $9.58
Of all the books by or about Muir, this is the best
Yosemite:Fate of Heaven [VHS]Yosemite:Fate of Heaven [VHS]
Buy used from: $49.00
Wonderful film about the park and plans to protect it
Indians of the Yosemite Valley and VicinityIndians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity by Galen Clark
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Informative
Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite RockclimberCamp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber by Steve Roper
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CLASSIC
The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Photographs and Writings on Rock Climbing in YosemiteThe Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Photographs and Writings on Rock Climbing in Yosemite by Galen A. Rowell
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Another CLASSIC
El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical RoutesEl Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes by Daniel Duane
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Modern, with photos but better is Fred Padula's amazing video El Capitan, available at canyoncinema.com
For Earth's Sake: The Life and Times of David BrowerFor Earth's Sake: The Life and Times of David Brower by David Ross Brower
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David Brower, the Sierra Club leader and radical environmentalist, started his mountain adventures as a youth in Yosemite
Lonely Planet Yosemite National ParkLonely Planet Yosemite National Park by Kurt Wolff
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Best overall guide
Yosemite Road GuideYosemite Road Guide by Richard Ditton
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Another useful guide
Yosemite Trails (Hiking & Biking)Yosemite Trails (Hiking & Biking) by Lewis J. Clark
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Funky but has lots of photos, which none of the other books provide
Park Profiles: YosemitePark Profiles: Yosemite by National Geographic Society
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David Brower's son wrote this National Geographic book about the park
Yosemite: Ascending RhythmYosemite: Ascending Rhythm
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Features Ron Kauk, a famous Yosemite climber, and others
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical WorldClimbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World by Lynn Hill
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Lynn Hill was the first person to free climb El Capitan
Downward bound: A mad guide to rock climbingDownward bound: A mad guide to rock climbing by Warren Harding
Buy used from: $65.00
The Hunter Thompson of the Yosemite scene, rasty master of the early era