Hiking Tahoes Wildflower Trails [Paperback]

Julie Stauffer Carville (Author), Stephanie Barboni-Seppa (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Wildflower wonders and back country beauty are celebrated in this handy hiking guide to trails in the Tahoe area. The book offers daytrip, gentle excursions, and back-pack adventures; descriptions of 282 wildflowers; Native American uses of plants; ecological relationships; 109 original field illustrations, color insert, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155105101X
• ISBN-13: 978-1551051017
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,152,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Reprint of Another Title! Take Care!, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hiking Tahoes Wildflower Trails (Paperback)

Two or three years ago, I bought a book titled "Lingering in Tahoe's Wild Gardens". I thought that it was reasonably well done and planned, at some time, to do several of the hikes described. This year (1999), I (unsuspectingly) purchased "Hiking Tahoe's Trails:Wildflower Trails" by the same author.

I didn't compare them immediately, but, when I did, I was shocked to find that the same book had been reprinted under another title.

Because of the time interval involved, I don't feel that I can ask Amazon.com for a refund, but I do feel that someone involved with this book has done something inappropriate.

So...my suggestion would be to purchase "Lingering in Tahoe's Wild Gardens", but to shun "Hiking Tahoe's Windflower Trails".

Do you think that Ms. Carville knew about this? Do you think that the publisher was acting in good faith to put out the same book (page by page) with a different title?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Book, November 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hiking Tahoes Wildflower Trails (Paperback)

I have both editions of Julie Carville's wonderful book, Lingering in Tahoe's Wild Gardens and Hiking Tahoe's Wildflower Trails - one for my coffee table to share with friends and one that gets battered from trail use. The reviewer who is angry over the book title change does a real disservice to this fine book. I took a class from Ms. Carville and learned that the title was changed to clarify its content, so people did not confuse it with a gardening book. If you love wildflowers and

everything connected with them, this is a must book. Even if you don't plan on hiking at Tahoe, you'll enjoy it because it has so much information about the flowers that commonly grow throughout the high mountainous regions of the Sierra, Rockies, Cascades etc. It is filled with juicy information about interesting aspects of botany, Native American plant uses, pollinators, plant namings, and nature philosophy and is a wonderful book to help you share nature with children. I don't want to see one sour puss put down this truly lovely and informative book.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is an enchanting summary of beautiful hikes., November 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hiking Tahoes Wildflower Trails (Paperback)

"Hiking Tahoe's Wildflower Trails" is a wonderful book, a must have for those who love wildflowers and want to know more about them - it covers so much more than other books and hiking guides. There is no other book like this that will take you deeply into the joyous experience of wildflowers while taking you to the exact places they grow at Tahoe and at the specific times of the year in which they bloom. If you love columbines, shooting stars, or some other special flower, Julie will take you along the trail right to the spot where they grow and tell you when you can find them. She tells wonderful stories about the flowers, the insects that visit them, and how the Indians used them. I was surprised by the negativity that one reviewer indicated about the name change. Upon closer scrutiny I'm sure he/she would have realized that it was the same book, and could have delighted a friend by giving it as a gift. It might have lifted that person's spirit. I'm sure it will delight yours.