
King Sequoia
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Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of some of the world's largest and oldest trees in a narrative that travels deep into the Sierra Nevada mountains, across the American West, and all the way to New Zealand. Along the way, he explores the American public's evolving relationship with sequoias, also known simply and affectionately as Big Trees.
It's no surprise that the sequoia groves of Yosemite and Calaveras were early tourist destinations. The species was the embodiment of California's superlative appeal. These giant redwoods were so beloved that special protections efforts sprang up to protect them from logging interests-and so began the notion of National Parks. Later, as science evolved to consider landscapes more holistically, sequoias once again played a major role in shaping this new perspective. Featuring a fascinating cast of adventurers, researchers, politicians, and environmentalists, King Sequoiareveals how one tree species transformed Americans' connection to the natural world.
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- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Joe Medeiros
- Introduction
- 1 The Mammoth Trees of California
- 2 To Name Is to Know
- 3 A Grove Called Mariposa
- 4 An Arboreal Mecca
- 5 Yet Grander Forests
- 6 A Wandering Scot
- 7 Free for the Taking
- 8 Of Tunnel Trees and National Parks
- 9 For the Greater Good
- 10 A Source of Inspiration
- 11 Science and Time
- 12 Running into Limits
- 13 Words as Grand as Trees
- 14 Belonging to All
- 15 Kindled Light
- 16 Worth the Fight
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- About the Sierra College Press
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