Barbara George's Reviews > Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite

This book goes into the friendship of John Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, their optimism in something, the politics involved to protect what they are passionate about. The desire and struggles to save Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy valley for future generations.
The politics in this process was clearly met with entanglements. I would also say, it would be the birth of environmental knowledge and how it effects the land around us.
This book for me in general, was the life of John Muir, his love of the land, nature and the respect he had for it and the preservation of it’s beauty.
Muir’s legacy, as the father of our national parks, founder of the Sierra club, and spiritual leader of the environmental movement, continue to grow after his death.
He is now widely held as the nations most influential conservationist. In 1915, and his honor California created the 210 mile John Muir Trail, from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney.