Trade paperback, 176 pages,
8.5 x 11, 161 historic illustrations, three maps, extensive source notes, index.
ISBN: 0-9642244-4-5
$21.95

Yosemite's Innkeepers
The story of a great park and its chief concessionaires
by Shirley Sargent

They are all here, from the first rude hotel in Yosemite Valley in 1856 to the year 2000: Hutchings House, Black's, Leidig's, Peregoy's, La Casa Nevada, the Sentinel Hotel, the Stoneman House (on the cover), Camp Curry, the Mountain House, Yosemite Lodge, the Ahwahnee, and many more. Included are J. M. Hutchings, Desmond, J. J. Cook, the Currys, and the present concessioner.

Shirley Sargent is the author of 26 books and editor of six more. Most of them are about Yosemite, its legendary residents, and its visitors. “Yosemite,” she states, “is a magnet, lodestone, and haven to me, and to thousands of other appreciative devotees. As I've often said, Yosemite is a place of multiple interests and singular splendor.”

 

 

NOTE: This book is now out of print. Only “hurt” copies remain. They are being sold at full price, inasmuch as this book will not be reprinted. The covers may have scratches and/or bent corners, but the contents are in perfect condition.