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Redwood Classic Panorama of a century by Ralph Andrews
Redwood Classic Panorama of a century by Ralph Andrews
Hard cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1958 FIRST edition
174 pages Personal library tag on first blank page
This book could well be termed "a century of California's progress through the redwoods" ... for it presents a sweeping view of the magnificent trees from the vantage point of the Americans who have known them intimately.
In picture and perceptive text Ralph W. Andrews tells the stories of the men who first saw the redwoods as big bulks blocking the way to farms and grazing lands . . . of those who considered them divinely balanced beauty to be preserved, painted and photographed . . . of those who saw them as resources and with them built lumber empires which sparked the prosperity of the state. Characters come alive from Yerba Buena, the little cabins of the pioneers, the old coastal steamers.
To prepare this 100-year panorama of stalwart trees and stalwart people Ralph Andrews has used his searching mind to tap many public and private treasure houses. And he moves with confidence around all sides of the "monarchs of antiquity," setting up authentic guideposts along the dim passages of time to the days when the gold dust paled and the red bark beckoned.
CONTENTS:
AND THERE WERE NO STUMPS .
Sequoias Of Sonoma.
GOLD UNDER THE RED BARK . Del Norte-To The North . . California Sawmills: 1853 .
THE BARRIER BEGINS TO YIELD
Hobbs-Wall: 80 Year Saga .
THE DAY OF THE BULL . Jackscrews, Snatch Blocks . Bulls In Kings Canyon . . Bullwhacking In The Del Norte Country
Redwoods On Parade .
MENDOCINO ON THE MOVE In Union There Is Strength . The Watkins Pictures . .
SIERRA NEVADA BIG TREES
Protector Of The Forest
The Big Trees In Big Time Boole Tree For Posterity.
Too Big ... Or Too Beautiful? Down A Lumber Sluice
Big Tree Cameraman ..
General Noble Goes To The Fair
REDWOOD AND THE CITY .
What Cheer House .
Socialism In The Redwoods .
HUMBOLDT HEYDAY . Redwood Recorder.
Half Century With Redwood Redwood Had Its Detractors
RAILROADS IN THE REDWOODS "Caspar Was An Old Mill".
REDWOOD DOWN TO THE SEA
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