The Camping Trip that Changed America

by Barb Rosenstock Author

(From Amazon): Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt joined naturalist John Muir on a trip to Yosemite. Camping by themselves in the uncharted woods, the two men saw sights and held discussions that would ultimately lead to the establishment of our National Parks. (Reader's Note: Muir does give some evolutionary comments in the dialogue of the story.)