The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods

Author: Greg King Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down. Every year millions of tourists from around the world visit California's famous redwoods. Yet few who strain their necks to glimpse the tops of the world's tallest trees understand how unlikely it is that these last isolated groves of giant trees...Read more