If you like Riding the Flume
and redwood trees, you might want to check out these books:
Andrews, Ralph. Redwood Classic. New York, 1958. The history
of logging in California.
Dilsaver, Larry M. and William C. Tweed. Challenge of the Big
Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Three
Rivers, CA 1990. This book focuses on the human story around the creation
of these national parks.
Johnston, Hank. They Felled the Redwoods; A Saga of Flumes and Rails
in the High Sierra. Fish Camp, CA 1996. Go to this book for fabulous photos
of the Sequoias and learn how they were cut down.
Peattie, Donald Culross. A Natural History of Western Trees. Houghton
Mifflin Co. Boston, 1953. Biological information on the trees. His description
of Sequoias also captures their quiet majesty.
Sargent, Shirley. Pioneers in Petticoats: Yosemite’s Early Women 1856-1900.
Yosemite, CA, 1966. This book and the two following will give you a good
idea of the unconquerable spirit of the woman who helped settle California.
Seagraves, Anne. Women of the Sierra. Hayden, Idaho, 1990.
Zauner, Phyllis. Those Spirited Women of the Early West: A Mini-History.
Sonoma, CA 1994.
Here are some great links to information about sequoias and
logging:
Sierra Redwoods : this page has photos of sequoias, as
well as information on size. (http://www.sierra.parks.state.ca.us/cbt/bigtrees.htm)
Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks : the official web site. (http://www.nps.gov/seki/)
The Kings River Flume : information on the lumber flume
built built by the Kings River Lumber Company--the inspiration for the
flume in my book. (http://www.webcitypress.com/sanger/flume.html)
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