Giant Trees of Western America and the World
by Carder, Al

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As a child growing up in the Fraser Valle, Al Carder was awed by the ancient Douglas-fir forests and spent hours staring up at trees that commonly stood over 300 feet height. Sixty years later, after retiring from his career as a plant biologist, he set out to find the trees that had transfixed him in his youth. Discovering many of them felled by storms or loggers, he determined to document those that were left before they could vanish from our memories as well as from our landscapes.

The result, Giant Trees of Western America and the World, reveals outstanding examples from each of the most noteworthy tree species Dr. Carder found – including some that are thousands of years old and over 400 feet high. Featuring more than 40 scale drawings, this collection of giant trees outlines the intriguing characteristics of each species as well as the histories of famous trees, including the stump of a BC western red cedar so wide that eight men and women danced a quadrille on it in 1887, and the Sicilian Tree of 100 Horses, well-known for sheltering Joan, Queen of Aragon and 100 of her horsemen in a storm. Carder's enthusiasm and expertise informs and entertains even as he urges us to appreciate and protect what is left of these fascinating “monsters of the past.”

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Weight:	0.36 kg
Price:	CDN$ 26.95 (US$ 26.23)

ISBN-10:	1550173634
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781550173635
Author:	Carder, Al
Publisher:	Harbour Publishing Madeira Park, B.C.
Publication Date:	8/2005
Pages:	150 pp
Size/Dimensions:	11 x 7 x .5 inches
Binding:	Paperback

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Giant Trees of Western America and the Worldby Carder, Al

Giant Trees of Western America and the World
by Carder, Al