I am sorry to say I don't know much history about the founding of the National Park system of the United States. I also don't know a lot of history of the Chinese and Chinese-Americans in the United States other than that they were marginalized, discriminated against and made into non-citizens. So reading about Tie Sing and how he cooked for the people who ended up founding the National Parks Service was a delight.

I had no idea that this man existed, and that the author found about about him by reading sources that mentioned him. There are photos of the party of men who went out to see what would become Yosemite, but not much more information about Tie Sing than what they wrote about him in passing.

The information in the back of the book is interesting to read as well, where the author explains how she did the research. The only thing I wondered about, and wished there was more information on was what other things he fed the men when all the rations that he brought with him were gone.

Good, easy to read book about Chinese-American, California and United States history.

Thanks to NetGalley for making this book available for an honest review.