xiv, 418 pp. Includes facsimile of a letter from Yosemite Valley and section of black-and-white photographs. Edited by Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman, with a foreword by Wallace Stegner. In his early years in Yosemite, Ansel Adams formed the habit of writing letters at every opportunity. Among the family, friends, and colleagues with whom he corresponded rank such eminent names as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and Jimmy Carter. Chronology of Adams's life and index follow text.