Mount Shasta Reflections
Writings and Photographs
edited by Renee Casterline and Jane English
with additional photographs by John Jackson and Larry Turner

In far northern California, one of the southern most Cascade Range volcanoes rises above the valley floor, its glittering white flanks flashing like a signal beacon to residents and travelers. Mount Shasta, towering at 14,162 feet, has drawn spiritual seekers, recreational enthusiasts and leisure travelers since the late 1800s and serves as an anchor for residents who make their homes around it.

Mount Shasta Reflections is a keepsake for visitors, an invitation to strangers and a memoir for people who live near the mountain. The color photos have captured the many moods of Mount Shasta, expressing the photographers' love for their subject. The vignettes have recorded the essence of the mountain in another way, with stories of living with its enormous presence.

Photographer Jane English and writer Renee Casterline have created a new book to replace the out-of-print Mount Shasta: Where Heaven and Earth Meet. Jane's photographs, supplemented by those of Larry Turner and John Jackson, showcase brilliant sunny days, cool mornings, dark storms and a variety of wildflowers that grow on the flanks of the mountain and in the surrounding valleys. There are bold close-ups, sweeping vistas and shots that suggest the intimacy that comes with studying the mountain through a lense.

The stories of residents share the spirit of the community that surrounds this mountain and the common threads held by those who have chosen to live here. Interviewees tell stories of how and why they came to live near the mountain, while others share stories of growing up around the mammoth.

Mount Shasta has been compared to Japan's Mount Fujiyama and many consider it to be one of the great sacred mountains of the world. Through photos and words, those who hold this book in their hands will get a sense for how deeply this mountain is cherished.

120 pages - 150 full-color photographs - quality softbound

$24.95 -- published by Amber Lotus

A November 5, 2003 Mount Shasta Herald article on the book

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See also: Mount Shasta Calendar -- Mount Shasta's Black Butte -- Mount Shasta poster -- Mount Shasta notecards -- Mount Shasta Journal -- Fine art prints of Mount Shasta by Jane English -- Mount Shasta: Where Heaven and Earth Meet

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