Background
Hart, John was born on June 18, 1948 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Lawrence and Jeanne McGahey Hart.
Hart, John was born on June 18, 1948 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Lawrence and Jeanne McGahey Hart.
Bachelor in Comparative Literature, Princeton University, 1970.
Editor Blue Unicorn, A Tri-Quarterly of Poetry, Kensington, California, since 1976. Director Lawrence Hart Institute, San Rafael, California, since 1983.
Author: San Francisco Bay: Portrait of an Estuary (Carla Bard Bay Education Award, 2003), Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking (4th edition), 2005 (Work of Significance, National Outdoor Book Awards, 1999), Storm Over Mono: The Mono Lake Battle and the California Water Future (Commonwealth Club Medal in Californiana, 1997), Farming on the Edge: Saving Family Farms in Marin County, California (Commonwealth Club Medal in Californiana, 1992), Hiking the Great Basin: The High Desert Country of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah (second edition), San Francisco's Wilderness Next Door, The Climbers, Hiking the Bigfoot Country: The Wildlands of Northern California and Southern Oregon, Legacy: Portraits of 50 Bay Area Environmental Elders, 2006. Editor: The New Book of California Tomorrow: Reflections and Projections from the Golden State. Contributor Yosemite Once Removed: Portraits of the Backcountry, Gardens of Alcatraz.
Contributor articles various journals.
Member of American Society Journalists and Authors, Authors Guild, Association of Literature Scholars and Critics, Cragmont Climbing Club, American Alpine Club (co-chair, conservation committee 1989-1991).
Married Helen Schoenhals, 2004.