Where Big Trees Fall

Author : Jeff McClelland
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595325085

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Where Big Trees Fall by Jeff McClelland Pdf

The early days of logging were hard times--hard on the men that fell the trees, hard on the women that loved the men, and hard on the land that gave birth to the big trees. Victoria Southerland came to this land searching for a better life, and a chance to find love with her husband Mark. The Lowland family came to the land looking to make a huge profit from the timber. Cut the best and leave the rest was their motto. Nookachamp Rose, like her ancestors before her, lived in the land thinking that it would never change. Then the white man came with his sickness which waged war with the Natives. Caleb Cultas came to the land with his grandfather. He learned to love the land, the trees, and all of nature. The battle is on between the mill and the trees. All the dreams, desires, and loves live and die with these people in the land where big trees fall. Jeremiah Cultus brought his grandson Caleb Cultas to this land. Caleb learned to love the land, and the big trees. His desire was to save a few of the big trees to make a park. The battle was on with men and nature in the balance. All the dreams, the desires, and the loves of these people live and die in the land Where Big Trees Fall.

Author : Hutch Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692133216

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When Big Trees Fall by Hutch Preston Pdf

As Christians we see our fair share of trials. This is the story of a man who lived in a great Christian home that was attacked. The events led him down a life of hidden despair, until an accident later in life forced him to regain his confidence and Faith that was once lost. Join him in his journey of Family, Friends, Love, Tragedy, Faith, and Healing.

Author : Harley Rustad
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781487003128

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Big Lonely Doug by Harley Rustad Pdf

Finalist, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Finalist, Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist, BC Book Prize Globe and Mail best books of 2018 CBC best Canadian non-fiction of 2018 In the tradition of John Vaillant’s modern classic The Golden Spruce comes a story of the unlikely survival of one of the largest and oldest trees in Canada. On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, a logger named Dennis Cronin was walking through a stand of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. He came across a massive Douglas fir the height of a twenty-storey building. Instead of allowing the tree to be felled, he tied a ribbon around the trunk, bearing the words “Leave Tree.” The forest was cut but the tree was saved. The solitary Douglas fir, soon known as Big Lonely Doug, controversially became the symbol of environmental activists and their fight to protect the region’s dwindling old-growth forests. Originally featured as a long-form article in The Walrus that garnered a National Magazine Award (Silver), Big Lonely Doug weaves the ecology of old-growth forests, the legend of the West Coast’s big trees, the turbulence of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, First Nations land and resource rights, and the fraught future of these ancient forests around the story of a logger who saved one of Canada's last great trees.

Author : Mike Donahue
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781461745402

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The Grandpa Tree by Mike Donahue Pdf

The elementary tale of the life cycle of a tree, from its beginnings as a sapling to its demise on the forest floor, where it decomposes and becomes "a home for rabbits, and food for flowers", is also a life lesson for people. In this enhanced version, enjoy read-along, some fun animations, and a coloring page!

Author : Keane John
Publisher : #N/A
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786343611

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When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: Rethinking Democracy In China by Keane John Pdf

Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace, however this thought-provoking book explores a radically different alternative. China, it argues, is a one-party-dominated political system whose surprising levels of public support and resilience in the face of serious economic, environmental and social problems suggest that it is more durable than most outside observers suppose. China is not an ailing 'autocracy', a case of 'crony capitalism' or a blindly repressive 'authoritarian regime'. The rulers of China are in fact experimenting with a wide range of locally-made democratic tools designed to win the trust and loyalty of their subjects. Examples probed in this book include the injection of accountability mechanisms into state bureaucracy, the toleration of independent public opinion leaders, the growing reliance of Party officials and corporate executives on public opinion polls and 'democratic style', and the calculated use by Party officials of digitally networked media as early warning devices. Written for students and teachers, researchers and general readers fascinated by the rising global power of China, When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter shows why locally-made democratic practices often favour one-party rule and why China is becoming a globally significant political laboratory: a 21st century testing ground for a new type of top-down popular government at odds with power-sharing democracy as it was known during the past generation.

Author : Robert E. Pike
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393248609

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Tall Trees, Tough Men by Robert E. Pike Pdf

In this robust, informal book, Robert E. Pike tells the colorful story of logging and log-driving in New England. The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard — working in deep icy water fourteen hours a day, sleeping in wet blankets, eating coarse food, and constantly risking their lives. Their pay was very low, yet they were proud to call themselves loggers. When they came out of the woods after the spring drives, they ebulliently spent their pay carousing in the staid New England towns. Robert E. Pike, who as a youth worked in the woods and on the rivers, writes affectionately and knowingly, with humorous anecdotes, of every detail of lumbering. He describes the daily life of the logging camps, giving a picture of the different specialist jobs: the camp boss, the choppers, the sawyers and filers, the scaler, the teamsters, the river men, the railroaders, and the lumber kings. His descriptions bring the reader vividly into the woods, smelling the tangy, newly cut timber, hearing the boom of the falling trees. "The author's lively prose matches the temper of his subject. . . . This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all rolled into one top-quality volume." — R. S. Monahan, New York Times Book Review

Author : Deborah Osterberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142953

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Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park: Big Trees Grove by Deborah Osterberg Pdf

Visiting the redwoods in nineteenth-century California meant coming to Big Trees Grove, now part of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. This forest of giants in the Santa Cruz Mountains attained fame through the 1846 exploits of explorer John Charles Frémont, whose namesake tree still stands. Saved from the logger's axe by Joseph Warren Welch in 1867, these were the first coastal redwoods preserved for public recreation. As a world-renowned resort for sixty years, Big Trees Grove hosted thousands of visitors--from picnickers to presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt. Join author Deborah Osterberg as she recounts the stories of those first visitors and the awe-inspiring landscape they preserved for future generations.

Author : Lee Reich
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781771423465

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Growing Figs in Cold Climates by Lee Reich Pdf

From Minnesota to Moscow — how to grow fresh figs in cold climates Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree. Coverage includes: Five methods for growing figs in cold climates including overwintering Cultivar selection for cool and cold climates Pruning techniques for a variety of methods of growing figs in cold climates Pest problems and solutions Harvesting, including ways to speed ripening, identify ripe fruit, and manage an overabundance Small-scale commercial fig production in cold climates. Fresh figs are juicy, full-bodied, and filled with a honey-sweet flavor, and because truly ripe figs are highly perishable, they are only available to those who grow their own. By choosing the right cultivars and techniques, figs can be grown across cool and cold growing zones of North America, Europe, and beyond, putting them within reach of almost every gardener. Easy and delicious — if you can grow a houseplant, you can grow a fig.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307833273

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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou Pdf

Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.

Author : Sherry Petersik,John Petersik
Publisher : Artisan
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781579656768

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Young House Love by Sherry Petersik,John Petersik Pdf

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Author : Rutherford Platt
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780486167817

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1001 Questions Answered About Trees by Rutherford Platt Pdf

Fascinating, fact-filled reference provides detailed data about age, size, and weight; suggestions for identifying trees, what trees to look for in certain states, much more. Over 100 illustrations, 21 photographs.

Author : David Menary
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781312248144

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Great Trees of Canada by David Menary Pdf

Stories behind some of Canada's great trees, including the petrified forests of Axel Heiberg Island in Canada's Arctic, and the petrified forests in the Bay of Fundy at Joggins, bearing trees that lived before the Atlantic Ocean was born.

Author : United States Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210403718

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Technical Manual by United States Department of the Army Pdf

Author : United States National Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Science
ISBN : OSU:32435019529957

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Proceedings of the United States National Museum by United States National Museum Pdf

Author : Lynn Stegner,Russell Rowland
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780292739345

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West of 98 by Lynn Stegner,Russell Rowland Pdf

What does it mean to be a westerner? With all the mythology that has grown up about the American West, is it even possible to describe "how it was, how it is, here, in the West—just that," in the words of Lynn Stegner? Starting with that challenge, Stegner and Russell Rowland invited several dozen members of the western literary tribe to write about living in the West and being a western writer in particular. West of 98 gathers sixty-six literary testimonies, in essays and poetry, from a stellar collection of writers who represent every state west of the 98th parallel—a kind of Greek chorus of the most prominent voices in western literature today, who seek to "characterize the West as each of us grew to know it, and, equally important, the West that is still becoming." In West of 98, western writers speak to the ways in which the West imprints itself on the people who live there, as well as how the people of the West create the personality of the region. The writers explore the western landscape—how it has been revered and abused across centuries—and the inescapable limitations its aridity puts on all dreams of conquest and development. They dismantle the boosterism of manifest destiny and the cowboy and mountain man ethos of every-man-for-himself, and show instead how we must create new narratives of cooperation if we are to survive in this spare and beautiful country. The writers seek to define the essence of both actual and metaphoric wilderness as they journey toward a West that might honestly be called home. A collective declaration not of our independence but of our interdependence with the land and with each other, West of 98 opens up a whole new panorama of the western experience.