Across Yosemite's Wilderness K. Nikki Barefoot Texas and Texans in the

Texas and Texans in the Mexican War

Nothing more precious is at stake than how we view ourselves as a nation

and Bongo Joe

The poem reckons with the devastating social and environmental impacts of the agribusiness industry

Across Yosemite's Wilderness K. Nikki Barefoot Texas and Texans in theAcross Yosemite's Wilderness is a memoir about the life and career of Laurel Boyers the first woman to serve as head Wilderness Management Ranger in the park's history and the first to do full time mounted backcountry patrol. This two part memoir begins with a travelogue of Laurel's last mounted patrol of the park as a ranger. This section, a chapter for each day of the patrol, walks readers through the wilderness all around the park's iconic Yosemite