"I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite," wrote Ansel Adams. Yosemite National Park and the High Sierra were the closest to his heart, and this book presents the finest photographs from this collection. Interspersed throughout the book are Adams' own exuberant writings about the region, with an introductory essay by John Szarkowski, one-time director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.