King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature Tweed William C.Paperback
King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature Tweed William C.Paperback From a towering tree, one of California's…
Specifikacia King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature Tweed William C.Paperback
King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature Tweed William C.Paperback
From a towering tree, one of California's preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Tweed takes readers on a tour of the Big Trees in a narrative that travels deep into the Sierras, around the West, and all the way to New Zealand; and in doing so he explores the American public's evolving relationship with sequoias. Former park ranger William C.
When sequoias were threatened by logging interests, the feelings of horror that this desecration evoked in people catalyzed protection efforts; in a very direct way, this species inspired the Park Idea. It comes as no surprise that the groves in Yosemite and Calaveras were early tourist destinations, as this species that predated Christ and loomed over all the world's other trees was the embodiment of California's superlative, almost unbelievable appeal. And sequoias' influence doesn't end there: as