Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks [Paperback]

Lary Dilsaver (Author), William Tweed (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 379 pages
• Publisher: Sequoia Natural History Association (January 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878441019
• ISBN-13: 978-1878441010
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,385,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sequoia history book, December 18, 2001

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This review is from: Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Paperback)

This is the most complete book available on the human history of Sequoia National Park and describes the struggle to protect the giant sequoia.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, December 9, 2009

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Thomas Ribe "Earth Reader" (Santa Fe, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks --1991 publication. (Hardcover)

On the bookshelf of natural resource history books, Challenge of the Big Trees is important. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are extremely important in land management history, particularly in terms of fire management where the prescribed fire and modern fire management was born in the late 1960s. This book looks at a whole range of issues that the NPS has had to deal with at Sequoia, where people love the trees and love their cars but in the past feared fire and feared animals.

Bill Tweed, the primary writer is an excellent writer. He has devoted his life to the park and his mind is organized and clear. This is a great book and one anyone interested in the history of national parks should have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, July 11, 2009

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Jess Stryker (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Paperback)

Challenge of the Big Trees presents an excellent and in-depth look at the human history of three of the oldest and most loved National Parks in America. A must have book for history buffs and anyone who loves Sequoia, King's Canyon, and/or the former General Grant National Parks.