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      Printed in Korea

      Distributed in the United Kingdom by Cordee, www.cordee.co.uk

      First edition, 2020

      Copyeditor: Erin Cusick

      Design and layout: Heidi Smets Graphic Design

      Cartographer: Erin Greb Cartography

      All photographs by the author unless credited otherwise

      Cover photograph: Giant sequoias tower overhead in Sequoia National Park.

      (Photo by istock/lucky-photographer)

      Frontispiece: Iconic views down-canyon toward the Sphinx (Route 40)

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019040788

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      ISBN (paperback): 978-1-68051-154-3

      ISBN (ebook): 978-1-68051-196-3