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Redwood Classic
Ralph W. Andrews
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Description for Redwood Classic
Paperback. This is one man's memorial to the magnificent natural redwood Sequoia trees in California, which today number only a fraction of the groves of 125 years ago. Through outstanding, sometimes even haunting, photographs, Ralph Andrews presents 239 different views of redwood trees averaging a thousand years old. Num Pages: 174 pages, 239 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: PST; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 269 x 10. Weight in Grams: 674.
This book is one man's memorial to the magnificent natural redwood Sequoia trees in California which today number only a fraction of the groves of 125 years ago. Through outstanding photographs, Ralph Andrews presents 239 different views of redwood trees three thousand years old on average at various stages of use. Straight, elegant trees are so wide 20 men touching fingers-to-fingers can stand around the trunk. These trees were used to build lumbering empires, and they kept thousands employed. Many of the lumbermen themselves are quoted in memories of their work on the old trees--hardships, inventions, earthquakes and fires, sawmills, ... Read more
This book is one man's memorial to the magnificent natural redwood Sequoia trees in California which today number only a fraction of the groves of 125 years ago. Through outstanding photographs, Ralph Andrews presents 239 different views of redwood trees three thousand years old on average at various stages of use. Straight, elegant trees are so wide 20 men touching fingers-to-fingers can stand around the trunk. These trees were used to build lumbering empires, and they kept thousands employed. Many of the lumbermen themselves are quoted in memories of their work on the old trees--hardships, inventions, earthquakes and fires, sawmills, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887400490
SKU
V9780887400490
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About Ralph W. Andrews
From his home in Seattle, Ralph Andrews has written many books to document American Northwest logging and its people.
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