The wild trees : a story of passion and daring
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New York : Random House, 2008.
ISBN
0812975596, 9780812975598
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Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 585.5 PRE | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 585.5 PRE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, 2008.
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Book
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294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0812975596, 9780812975598
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Preview on Richard Preston's new book "Panic in level 4" included.
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Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the tallest organisms the world has ever sustained--the coast redwood trees. 96% of the ancient redwood forests have been logged, but the fragments that remain are among the great wonders of nature. The biggest redwoods can rise more than thirty-five stories above the ground, forming cathedral-like structures in the air. Until recently, the canopy at the tops of these majestic trees was undiscovered. Writer Preston unfolds the story of the daring botanists and amateur naturalists that found a lost world above California, dangerous, hauntingly beautiful, and unexplored. The deep redwood canopy is a vertical Eden filled with mosses, lichens, spotted salamanders, hanging gardens of ferns, and thickets of huckleberry bushes, all growing out of massive trunk systems, sometimes hollowed out by fire. Thick layers of soil sitting on limbs harbor animal and plant life unknown to science.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Preston, R. (2008). The wild trees: a story of passion and daring (Random House trade paperback edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Preston, Richard, 1954-. 2008. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Preston, Richard, 1954-. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Random House, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Preston, Richard. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Random House trade paperback edition., Random House, 2008.
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