Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Setting Out 7
6. Stone, Fire, Water
7. Granite 9
8. Obsidian 15
9. Roof Pendants 19
10. Brokenness 23
11. Clouds 29
12. Snow 35
13. Glacier 41
14. River 47
15. Forest 53
16. Fire 61
17. Range of Life
18. Bighorn 69
19. Aspen 79
20. Paintbrush 85
21. Whitebark and Nutcracker 93
22. Pileated Woodpecker 99
23. Belding’s Ground Squirrel 103
24. Mountain Chickadee 107
25. Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog 113
26. Western Tanager 121
27. Sierra Nevada Parnassian 127
28. Sierra Nevada Parnassian 133
29. Epilogue 139
30. Acknowledgments 141
31. Notes 147
32. References 163