Ebook {Epub PDF} The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston

Richard Preston’s non-fiction book, The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, is a riveting account of California’s coastal redwoods—which were thought of as unclimbable at the time—and the daring young men and women who defied the mythos surrounding these ancient trees by scaling them. Though Preston is known for the riveting contents of his trilogy on deadly viruses, which began with . Until recently, redwoods were thought to be virtually impossible to ascend, and the canopy at the tops of these majestic trees was undiscovered. In The Wild Trees, Richard Preston unfolds the spellbinding story of Steve Sillett, Marie Antoine, and the tiny group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists that found a lost world above California, a world that is dangerous, hauntingly beautiful, and bltadwin.ru by: 5.  · The twin subjects of this book are the Sequoia sempervirens, known as the coast redwoods, and the explorers themselves who in the ‘90s and ‘00s discovered and climbed the tallest specimens of this colossal species. The Wild Trees - written in - has become a classic in the environmental book genre/5.

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Audible Audiobook - Abridged Richard Preston (Author, Narrator), Simon Schuster Audio (Publisher) out of 5 stars ratings. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. by Preston, Richard. The best-selling author of The Hot Zone takes a close-up look at the world's tallest trees, the coast redwoods that grow only in the coastal regions of California, and at the previously unknown ecosystem that the trees form high in the air in the forest canopy, profiling the. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Preston, Richard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru

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