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JOHNSTON, HANK. Yosemite's yesterdays [with] Volume II Yosemite's yesterdays. Yosemite, California: Flying Spur Press, [1989; 1991]. 28x21.5 cm, two volumes: pp. [1-3] 4-64; illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Second editions, revised. An interesting, well-illustrated collection of "different stories from Yosemite's past. So far as I know, most have not been written about in detail before" (introduction, volume 1, p. 5). Contents, volume 1: "The Automobile Comes to Yosemite," pp. [6]-19, "Stop! Put Your Hands in the Air!," pp. [20]-35, "The Glacier Point Tramway," pp. [36]-43, "The Remarkable Wawona Tunnel," pp. [44]-47, "The Great Yosemite Logging Operations," pp. [48]-57, and "Unnatural Attractions," pp. [58]-64. Contents, volume 2: "Lafayette Bunnell and the Discovery of Yosemite: The Man Who Named the Valley and Chronicled its Early History," pp. [6]-13, "James Mason Hutchings and His Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity: The Publicist-Innkeeper Who Brought Yosemite to the Attention of the World," pp. 14-29, "The Great Yosemite Road-Building Race: The Story of the First Toll Roads into Yosemite Valley," pp. [30]-54, 57-63, "How the Horse Soldiers Saved Yosemite National Park," pp. 55-56, and "The Yosemite Garage and the Onset of the Automobile," p. 64. Covers lightly rubbed, bookstore price stickers on rear covers, a very good set. (#166385).