This nonfiction picture book depicts the night in 1871 that environmentalist John Muir climbed up beside Yosemite Falls, slipped behind the crashing water, and momentarily wondered if he'd survive.
The now iconic figure John Muir, while living at the base of Yosemite Falls in California, ventures up the trail from his cabin one night and has a harrowing waterfall adventure. Back matter roots the story in Muir’s life’s work as a conservationist and naturalist.