Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite - Dean King

King, Dean: - Dean King is an award-winning author of ten nonfiction books. He crossed the Sahara on camels and in Land Rovers while researching Skeletons on the Zahara , trekked the Long March trail in the mountains of Western China for Unbound , and was shot at while researching The Feud in Appalachia. His writing has appeared in Granta , Garden & Gun , National Geographic Adventure , Outside , Travel & Leisure , New York magazine, and The New York Times . He is the chief storyteller in two History Channel documentaries and is a producer of its nonfiction series Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning . An internationally known speaker, King has also appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation , ABC World News Tonight , PBS American Experience , BBC Radio , and TEDx . He is a partner of Gum Street Productions, which is currently developing a feature documentary for Netflix.