Young Vivian Featherstone comes from a long line of Lords and Ladies, and her family's seat of unquestionable influence, wealth and power is owed to a much treasured heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. But when little Vivian, only eleven years of age, narrowly escapes a plot by a rival, feuding family to eliminate the Featherstones, she finds herself lost in the mysterious Redwood Forest. With assassins pursuing her, and strange and dangerous creatures all around, can Vivian survive? And will she discover the power of her family's heirloom before it's too late?

Have you ever seen a tree as wide as a house? What about one taller than a skyscraper? Get ready to explore the gigantic trees in the Redwood Forests! These amazing forests are located along the West Coast of the United States, from California to Oregon. Just how tall can a redwood tree grow? Read this book to find out!

Tells the story of how the ever-living sequoia, also known as the coast redwood, came to be, and compares its longevity to the history of the world

Discusses the history of this national park, its plant and animal life, dangers in the park, efforts to preserve it, and the history of redwood logging.

Product Description: Coast Redwood is the first contemporary illustrated book to focus exclusively on the natural and cultural history of the world's tallest tree. This handsome volume, updated and revised in 2011, contains 230 color images and 100 black and white historic photos and describes the origins, distribution, life history, ecology, and wildlife associated with coast redwood...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This text offers a case study for ecosystem-level conservation and gives conservation organizations the information, technical tools and broad perspective they need to evaluate redwood and other forest sites and landscapes for conservation. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plans for Contemporary Outdoor Living is absolutely packed with more than 200 big, full-color photographs of fabulous decks from around the country, along with plans and building instructions for do-it-yourselfers...read more

Product Description: The giant redwood trees are one of California s best known attractions. Thousands of tourists visit the Northern California groves each year. The story of the California redwood lumber industry also tells the stories of the men, the trains, and the land.

Discusses the anatomy and growth of the redwood, describes the plants and animals that share its habitat, and looks at the history of redwood logging

Examines the physical characteristics, growth patterns, and longevity of the redwood and giant sequoia and discusses how they resemble and differ from each other

Product Description: They are monarchs of the mist, these loftiest of all living things on earth, reaching for the sunlight above the darkened, cathedral-like forest which they dominate. They are the coast redwoods, "kings of their race," as naturalist John Muir called them--for they are living links to the age of dinosaurs, and even today are among the most remarkable trees on earth...read more