San Francisco}}| distribution = Publishers Group West| publications = Books| topics = Environmentalism}}Sierra Club Books was the publishing division, for both adults and children, of the Sierra Club, founded in {{year|1960}} by then club President David Brower. They were a United States publishing company located in San Francisco, California with a concentration on biological conservation. In {{year|2014}} the adult division of the organization was sold to Counterpoint LLC and the children's books division to Gibbs Smith.

History

The Sierra Club started its book program in {{year|1952}}, when David Brower, an editor with the University of California Press, became the club's executive director. In {{year|1954}}, they published the first of its climbersâ€™ and hikersâ€™ guides. In {{year|1960}}, when the Sierra Club Books began, they published the â€˜Exhibit Format Book Seriesâ€™, a collection of nature photography and in {{year|1964}} they published their first color volume, Elliot Porter's In Wilderness Is the Preservation of the World.Volumes intended for club members had been published prior to {{year|1960}}. In addition, books under their name had been published before {{year|1960}}, but done through already established publishers, as was the case with This Is Dinosaur, published by Alfred A. Knopf.Their first in-house book, volume 1 in the Exhibit Format series, was This is the American Earth, published in {{year|1960}}. In {{year|1962}}, they introduced color photography to the series with the publication of In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World with photographs by Eliot Porter and Island In Time: The Point Reyes Peninsula with photographs by Philip Hyde. The series won the {{year|1964}} Careyâ€“Thomas Award for creative publishing, by Publishers Weekly. Fifty thousand copies were sold in the first four years, and by {{year|1964}} sales exceeded {{Currency|amount=10 million|code=US|first=yes}}. The books were successful in introducing the public to wilderness preservation and to the Sierra Club. Paperback reprints of many of the Exhibit Format books were published by Ballantine Books.After Brower left the Club in {{year|1969}}, the club came under the leadership of Jon Beckmann from to . During Beckmann's tenure the program expanded and diversified considerably, publishing books by established and emerging writers such as Wendell Berry, Robert Bly, Galen Rowell, and David Rains Wallace as well as field guides, fiction, poetry, and books on environmental activism, such as the Sierra Club Battlebooks. Many Sierra Club books were produced by the Yolla Bolly Press run by Jim and Carolyn Robertson in Covelo, California. The program continued for two decades after {{year|1994}}, first under Peter Beren, the former marketing director, then under Helen Sweetland, the former children's books editor. The press closed in {{year|2015}} with the adult division of the organization being sold to Counterpoint LLC and the children's books division to Gibbs Smith.The Club continues to publish the Sierra Club Wilderness Calendar and the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar annually, which are perennial bestsellers. They are distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West.

Partial bibliography

Exhibit Format

({{year|1960}}) This is the American Earth, Ansel Adams and Nancy NewhallBOOK, Adams, Ansel, Ansel Adams, Newhall, Nancy, Nancy Newhall, 1960, This is the American Earth, 978-0-87156-001-8,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1960}}) Words of the Earth, photographs by Cedric WrightBOOK, 2021, Words of the Earth, 978-1-01494-274-6,weblink 1st pub. 1960, 2nd, Photographs by Cedric Wright, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Newhall, Nancy, Nancy Newhall,
({{year|1960}}) Time and the River Flowing: Grand Canyon, Philip Hyde and FranÄ‡ois LeydetBOOK, Hyde, Philip, Philip Hyde (photographer), Litton, Martin, Martin Litton (environmentalist), 1960, Time and the River Flowing: Grand Canyon, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1962}}) These We Inherit: The Parklands of America, Ansel AdamsBOOK, Adams, Ansel, Ansel Adams, 1960, These We Inherit: The Parklands of America,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1962}}) In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World, Henry David ThoreauBOOK, Thoreau, Henry David, Henry David Thoreau, 1962, In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Porter, Eliot,
({{year|1963}}) The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado, Eliot PorterBOOK, Porter, Eliot, 1963, The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1963}}) Ansel Adams: A Biography, Volume 1: The Eloquent Light, Nancy NewhallBOOK, Newhall, Nancy, Nancy Newhall, 1963, Ansel Adams: A Biography, Volume 1: The Eloquent Light,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1964}}) The Last Redwoods: Photographs and Story of a Vanishing Scenic Resource, Philip Hyde and FranÄ‡ois LeydetBOOK, Hyde, Philip, Philip Hyde (photographer), Leydet, FranÄ‡ois, 1964, The Last Redwoods: Photographs and Story of a Vanishing Scenic Resource,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1964}}) Gentle Wilderness: The Sierra Nevada, John Muir and Richard KauffmanBOOK, Muir, John, John Muir, 1964, Gentle Wilderness: The Sierra Nevada, 978-0-87156-106-0,weblink Photographs by Richard Kauffman, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1965}}) Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast, Robinson JeffersBOOK, Jeffers, Robinson, Robinson Jeffers, 1965, Not Man Apart: Photographs of the Big Sur Coast, 978-0-34525-539-6,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1965}}) The Wild Cascades: Forgotten Parkland, Harvey ManningBOOK, Manning, Manning, Harvey Manning, 1965, The Wild Cascades: Forgotten Parkland,weblink Foreword by William O. Douglas, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1965}}) Everest: The West Ridge, Thomas F. HornbeinBOOK, Hornbein, Thomas F., Tom Hornbein, 1998, Everest: The West Ridge, 978-0-89886-616-2,weblink 1st pub. 1965, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Mountaineers, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1966}}) Summer Island: Penobscot Country, Eliot PorterBOOK, Porter, Eliot, Eliot Porter, 1966, Summer Island: Penobscot Country, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1966}}) Glacier Bay: The Land and the Silence, Dave BohnBOOK, Bohn, Dave, 1966, Glacier Bay: The Land and the Silence, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1969}}) Navajo Wildlands: As Long as The Rivers Shall Run, Stephen JettBOOK, Jett, Stephen, 1969, Navajo Wildlands: As Long as The Rivers Shall Run,weblink Photographs by Philip Hyde (photographer), Philip Hyde, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Kenneth, David, Kenneth Brower,
({{year|1969}}) Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii, Robert WenkamBOOK, Wenkam, Robert, 1969, Kauai and the Park Country of Hawaii, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, Kenneth, Kenneth Brower,
({{year|1967}}) Baja California and the Geography of Hope, Joseph Wood KrutchBOOK, Krutch, Joseph Wood, Joseph Wood Krutch, 1967, Baja California and the Geography of Hope, Photographs by Eliot Porter, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, Kenneth, Kenneth Brower,
({{year|1968}}) Central Park Country: A Tune Within Us, Mireille JohnstonBOOK, Johnston, Mireille, Mireille Johnston, 1968, Central Park Country: A Tune Within Us, Photographs by Nancy and Retta Johnson; Introduction by Marianne Moore, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1968}}) GalÃ¡pagos: The Flow of Wildness - Vol. 1: Discovery, Eliot PorterBOOK, Porter, Eliot, Eliot Porter, 1968, GalÃ¡pagos: The Flow of Wildness - Vol. 1: Discovery,weblink Introduction by Loren Eiseley, with selected text from Charles Darwin and Herman Melville, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, Kenneth, Kenneth Brower,
({{year|1968}}) GalÃ¡pagos: The Flow of Wildness - Vol. 2: Prospect, Eliot PorterBOOK, Porter, Eliot, Eliot Porter, 1968, GalÃ¡pagos: The Flow of Wildness - Vol. 2: Prospect,weblink Introduction by Loren Eiseley, with selected text from Charles Darwin and Herman Melville, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower, Kenneth, Kenneth Brower,

Battlebooks

({{year|1971}}) Oil on Ice: Alaskan Wilderness at the Crossroads, Tom BrownBOOK, Brown, Tom, Tom Brown (naturalist), 1971, Oil on Ice: Alaskan Wilderness at the Crossroads, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books,
({{year|1971}}) Mercury: How Much Are We Eating?, Katherine and Peter MontagueBOOK, Montague, Katherine, Montague, Peter, 1971, Mercury: How Much Are We Eating?, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books,

Yolla Bolly Press

({{year|1984}}) The Wilder Shore, David Rains WallaceBOOK, Wallace, David Rains, David Rains Wallace, 1984, The Wilder Shore, 978-0-87156-328-6,weblink Photographs by Morley Baer, Foreword by Wallace Stegner, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Yolla Bolly Press, Google Books, Brower, David, David Brower,
({{year|1989}}) The Yosemite, John MuirBOOK, Muir, John, 2018, The Yosemite, 978-0-48683-488-7,weblink 1st pub. 1989, photographs by Galen Rowell, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Yolla Bolly Press, Google Books,

Material World

({{year|1994}}) Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Charles C. MannBOOK, Mann, Charles C., Charles C. Mann, 1994, Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 978-0-87156-430-6,weblink Photographs by Peter Menzel, Introduction by Paul Kennedy, Material World, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Catapult, Google Books,
({{year|1996}}) Women in the Material World, Faith D'AluisioBOOK, Faith, D'Aluisio, 1996, Women in the Material World, 978-0-87156-398-9,weblink Photographs by Peter Menzel, foreword by Naomi Wolf, Material World, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Brower,

Other

({{year|1962}}) Island in Time: The Point Reyes Peninsula, Philip Hyde (photographer)BOOK, Hyde, Philip, Philip Hyde (photographer), 1974, Island in Time: The Point Reyes Peninsula, 978-0-68413-439-0,weblink Foreword by Harold Gilliam, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1967}}) On the Loose, Terry and Renny RussellBOOK, Russell, Terry, Russell, Renny, 2001, 1st pub. 1967, On the Loose, 978-0-87905-995-8, 2nd,weblink San Francisco, Gibbs Smith, Google Books,
({{year|1968}}) The Population Bomb, Paul R. EhrlichBOOK, Ehrlich, Paul R., Paul R. Ehrlich, 1971, The Population Bomb, 978-1-56849-587-3,weblink 1968, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Ballantine Books, Google Books,
({{year|1973}}) On the Shore of the Sundown Sea, T.H. WatkinsBOOK, Watkins, T.H., T.H. Watkins, 1990, On the Shore of the Sundown Sea, 978-0-80184-129-3,weblink 1st pub. 1973, 2nd, Illustrated by Earl Thollander, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Western History Association, American West Publishing, Google Books,
({{year|1974}}) Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region, Walter A. Starr, Jr.BOOK, Starr, Walter Augustus, Walter A. Starr, Jr., 2nd, 1st pub. 1934, Sierra Club, 1974, Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 978-0-87156-172-5, Google Books,
({{year|1977}}) The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, Wendell BerryBOOK, Wendell, Berry, Wendell Berry, 1996, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, 978-0-87156-877-9,weblink 1st pub. 1977, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1977}}) Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas, Donald WorsterBOOK, Worster, David, Donald Worster, 1985, Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas, 978-0-52126-792-2,weblink 1st pub. 1977, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1978}}) The Dark Range: A Naturalist's Night Notebook, David Rains WallaceBOOK, Wallace, David Rains, David Rains Wallace, 1978, The Dark Range: A Naturalist's Night Notebook, 978-0-87156-212-8,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1979}}) Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, Steve Roper and Allen SteckBOOK, Roper, Steve, Steve Roper, Steck, Allen, Allen Steck, 1982, Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, 978-0-87156-262-3,weblink 1st pub. 1979, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1980}}) Annapurna: A Woman's Place, Arlene BlumBOOK, Blum, Blum, Arlene Blum, 1980, Annapurna: A Woman's Place, 978-0-87156-236-4,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1983}}) The Klamath Knot: Explorations in Myth and Evolution, David Rains WallaceBOOK, Wallace, David Rains, David Rains Wallace, 2003, The Klamath Knot: Explorations in Myth and Evolution, 978-0-52023-659-2,weblink 1st pub. 1983, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1983}}) The River Why, David James Duncan
({{year|1986}}) In a Grain of Sand: Exploring Design by Nature, Andreas FeiningerBOOK, Feininger, Andreas, Andreas Feininger, 1986, In a Grain of Sand: Exploring Design by Nature, 978-0-87156-763-5,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1990}}) Wild by Law: The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and the Places It Has Saved, Tom TurnerBOOK, Turner, Tom, 1990, Wild by Law: The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and the Places It Has Saved, Illustrated by Carr Clifton, Philip Hyde (photographer), Philip Hyde Et al., San Francisco, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund,
({{year|1990}}) California's Wild Heritage: Threatened and Endangered Animals in the Golden State, Peter SteinhartBOOK, Steinhart, Peter, 1990, California's Wild Heritage: Threatened and Endangered Animals in the Golden State, Introduction by Robert I. Bowman, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books in collaboration with the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Academy of Sciences,
({{year|1991}}) In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations, Jerry ManderBOOK, Mander, Jerry, Jerry Mander, 1991, In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations, 978-0-87156-739-0,weblink 1st pub., San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1992}}) Mother Earth: Through the Eyes of Women Photographers and Writers, Judith Boice, editorBOOK, Boice, Judith, 1992, Mother Earth: Through the Eyes of Women Photographers and Writers, 978-0-87156-556-3,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books, Boice, Judith,
({{year|1995}}) Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, Theodore Roszak, Allen D. Kanner and Mary E. GomesBOOK, Roszak, Theodore, Theodore Roszak (scholar), Gomes, Mary E., Kanner, Allen D., 1995, Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, 978-0-87156-406-1,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|1997}}) The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America, David Rains WallaceBOOK, Wallace, David Rains, David Rains Wallace, 2007, The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America, 978-1-59534-040-5,weblink 1st pub. 1997, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Trinity University Press, Google Books,
({{year|1997}}) Bay Area Wild: A Celebration of the Natural Heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area, Galen Rowell and Michael SewellBOOK, Rowell, Galen, Galen Rowell, Sewell, Michael, 1999, Bay Area Wild: A Celebration of the Natural Heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area, 978-1-57805-010-9,weblink 1st pub. 1997, 2nd, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|2001}}) The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland, Kenneth BrowerBOOK, 2001, Brower, Kenneth, Kenneth Brower, The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland, Sierra Club Books;Random House, 1-57805-058-8,weblink Google Books,
({{year|2006}}) Galen Rowell: A Retrospective, Andy GrundbergBOOK, Grundberg, Andy, 2006, Galen Rowell: A Retrospective, 978-1-57805-115-1,weblink foreword by Tom Brokaw, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,
({{year|2009}}) Gloryland: A Novel, Shelton JohnsonBOOK, Johnson, Shelton, Shelton Johnson, 2009, Gloryland: A Novel, 978-1-57805-144-1,weblink San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, Google Books,

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