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Dean King (born 1962) is an American author of narrative non-fiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects. His books include Skeletons on the Zahara (2004) and Unbound (2010), both published by Little, Brown .
In June of 1889 in San Francisco, John Muir—iconic environmentalist, writer, and outdoorsman—meets face-to-face for the first time with his longtime editor Robert Underwood Johnson.
For his most recent book, Guardians of the Valley, Dean traveled to John Muir’s boyhood homes in Dunbar, Scotland, and rural Wisconsin and spent months roaming Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada. The books that have resulted have been widely appreciated.
21 mar 2023 · The dramatic and uplifting story of legendary outdoorsman and conservationist John Muir’s journey to save Yosemite is “a rich, enjoyable excursion into a seminal period in environmental...
21 mar 2023 · In “Guardians of the Valley,” Dean King chronicles the friendship between the naturalist John Muir and the journalist Robert Underwood Johnson.
14 mar 2024 · Dean King is the nationally best-selling author of Skeletons on the Zahara and The Feud and a biographer of the British novelist Patrick O’Brian. His book Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and t he Friendship That Saved Yosemite (Scribner, 2023) will be released in paperback on March 21.
16 maj 2023 · The author talks conservation, Yosemite, and the legacy of John Muir. Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937), once a titan of American magazine publishing, is now most often remembered, if at all, as the driving force behind the epic four-volume Battles and Leaders of the Civil War series.
