The Wild Trees

A Story of Passion and Daring
by Richard Preston, maps and illustrations by Andrew Joslin

The spellbinding story of a group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists who found a lost world in the canopy of the redwood forests of California reveals a previously unknown treetop world that is both dangerous and hauntingly beautiful. Richard Preston’s account of this amazing world, by turns terrifying, moving, and fascinating, is an adventure story told by a master of nonfiction narrative. The author shares his protagonists’ passion for the tallest trees. He mastered the techniques of tall-tree climbing to tell the story of the fate of the world’s most splendid forests and of the imperiled biosphere itself.

“An exciting book [that] combines the thrill of exploration with the quirkiness of those who choose it as their lives’ work.” –The New York Times

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