Written for a non-technical audience interested in geology, Geological Ramblings in Yosemite is a collection of essays by N. King Huber, a geologist emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey who has extensive field experience in Yosemite National Park. Huber tells the dramatic story of how the park has been shaped by volcanoes, glaciers, stream patterns, erosion, and rock slides. His essays also pay tribute to early geologists and the evolution of how we understand the geological forces at work in the park.

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"The incomparable Yosemite Valley has arrested the attention of both science and the public since its discovery in the 1850s. N. King Huber, a lifelong student of the Valley's geologic history, writing as both scientist and science historian, intersperses these essays with the struggles of early naturalists to understand the Valley's origin and his own captivating stories of the waterfalls, glacial sculpting, lava flows, and landslides that shaped the region."—James G. Moore, geologist and author of Exploring the Highest Sierra

"I can think of no one better suited to write about geologic ramblings in Yosemite than N. King Huber. His intimate knowledge, exuberant enthusiasm, and extensive experience in the Sierra Nevada provide the background for these wonderful stories in the rocks."—Jan van Wagtendonk, geologist and editor of Fire in California's Ecosystems