{"product_id":"the-high-sierra-of-california-paperback","title":"The High Sierra of California - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Killion\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the great beauties in Sierra literature, maybe the finest of all in terms of quality of image and text, both individually and in combination.\" --Kim Stanley Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalifornia Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe High Sierra of California\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant tribute to the bold, jagged peaks that have inspired generations of naturalists, artists, and writers. Using traditional Japanese and European woodcut techniques, Killion has created stunning visual images of the Sierra that focus on the backcountry above nine thousand feet, accessible only on foot. Accompanying these riveting images are the journals of Gary Snyder, chronicling more than forty years of travels through the High Sierra backcountry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoodcut and letterpress artist \u003cb\u003eTom Killion\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003e28 Views of Mount Tamalpais, The Coast of California\u003c\/i\u003e, and Walls: A Journey Across Three Continents. Killion and Gary Snyder collaborated onm\u003ci\u003e California's Wild Coast, The High Sierra of California\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTamalpais Walking\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Heyday. You can find out more about his artwork at tomkillion.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Gary Snyder Reader (1952-1998).\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eTurtle Island\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1975, and his book-length poem \u003ci\u003eMountains and Rivers Without End \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Bollingen Prize in poetry in 1997. In 2008 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 11.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47835573027064,"sku":"9781890771997","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/TGLjtHUAn49781890771997.webp?v=1783354752","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-high-sierra-of-california-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}