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\n\"Really,the Western hyperbole of tallto see them—one beginning where theother leaves off.”  \nThe tallest,the most massive,the most mys-tical,the most threatened—California'scoast redwoods and giant scquoias havealways evoked superlatives,and with thisanthology we can addsill more.To describethe groves of redwoods and the emotionsthey inspire,generations of writers have hadto expand their imaginations and stretchtheir language.In the process they have pro-thought-provoking,and eye-opening litera-ture-and,surprisingly,some of its mostvaried.  \ntales of American Indians who saw thesetrees as ancient and permanent parts of theirworld to the anguished pleas of contempo-rary activists who have witnessed the devas-tation of the trees by chainsavs and sawmills;from awestruck reactions of early Europcanexplorers who wandered unexpectedly intoalmost indescribable grandeur to roilingtales of loggers and sawyers.In a varietyof forms—myth,poetry,fiction,essay,diatribe,and more—Giants in the Earth presents multiple views of one of the world's  \n1-  \n# GIANTS IN THE EARTH\n\nhttps://archive.org/details/isbn_9781890771232  \nφ-  \n◆  \n# GIANTS IN THE EARTH\n\nEdited with an Introduction by Peter JohnstonePhoto Editor,Peter E.Palmquist  \n2001 by Heyday Books  \nAll rights reserved.No portion of this work may be reproduced or transmitted inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopyingand recording,or by any information storage or retrieval system,without per-mission in writing from Heyday Books.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:  \nGiants in the earth:the California redwoods /edited with anintroduction by Peter Johnstone.  \np.cm.ISBN 1-890771-23-6(pbk.)  \n1.American literature--California.2.Coast redwood--Literary  \ncollections.3.California--Literary collections.4.Trees-Literary  \ncollections.5.Trees--California.6.Coast redwood.I.Johnstone,  \nPeter,1959-  \nPS571.C2 G532001810.8'0364--dc21  \n2001003721  \nCover Photograph:Courtesy of the Humboldt County Historical Society  \nInterior Design:Rebecca LeGates  \nPrinting and Binding:Publishers Press,Salt Lake City,UT  \nThe publishers wish to acknowledge the generosity and vision of the CandelariaFund,whose assistance enabled us to produce a more ample and beautiful bookthan we might otherwise have done.  \nOrders,inquiries,and correspondence should be addressed to:Heyday Books  \nP.O.Box 9145,Berkeley,CA94709(510)549-3564;fax(510)549-1889www.heydaybooks.com  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n10987654321  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments ………………………  \n……………………………………………viii  \nIntroduction ……………………………………………………  \n……………………………………………………………iX  \nAN ANCIENT STOCK  \nDANA GIOIA, Becoming a Redwood ……………………………………………3  \nFRANCOIS LEYDET,from The Last Redwoods……………………………5  \nVERNA R.JOHNSTON,  \nfrom Sierra Nevada: The Naturalist's Companion ………10  \nELNA S. BAKKER,from An Island Called California………………19  \nAUSTEN D. WARBURTON and JOSEPH F.ENDERT,  \nfrom Indian Lore of the North California Coast……………28  \nLUCY THOMPSON,from To the American Indian ……………………31  \nJUAN CRESPI, MIGUEL DE COSTANSO and PEDRO FONT,  \nfrom Diaries of the Portolá and Anza Expeditions ………37  \nAUGUSTE DUHAUT-CILLY,from A Voyage to California …………47  \nWILLIAM TAYLOR,from California Life Illustrated ………………53  \nWALT WHITMAN, Song of the Redwood-Tree ………………………61  \nTHE BIG TREES  \nJ.M.HUTCHINGS,  \nfrom Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California ……69  \nBAYARD TAYLOR,from At Home and Abroad …………………………72  \nEXHIBITION PAMPHLET:  \nfrom Mammoth Tree from California ……………………………85  \nJOHN MUIR, from Hunting Big Redwoods ……………………………88  \nJOHN MUIR, Yosemite, Emerson, and the Sequoias …………99  \nBURNETTE G.HASKELL,  \nfrom Kaweah: How and Why the Colony Died…………104  \nTHE COAST REDWOODS  \nL.K. WooD,from Lure of Humboldt Bay Region ………………123  \nNINETTA EAMES,  \nfrom Staging in the Mendocino Redwoods …………………133  \nE","cbCaioebOW9s8OvM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioebOW9s8OvM","pdf",16275180,388,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n# AN ANCIENT STOCK\n# THE BIG TREES\n# THE COAST REDWOODS\n# THE LOGGING CAMPS\n# PORTFOLIO\n# INTO THE MYSTIC\n# SAVING THE REMNANT","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the anthology Giants in the Earth?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on California’s coast redwoods and giant sequoias, presenting multiple literary perspectives on these trees and the feelings they inspire.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of authors and literary forms are included?\",\"answer\":\"The contents include writing by poets, essayists, fiction writers, and other authors, using many forms such as myth, poetry, fiction, and diatribe.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book address historical change and threats to the trees?\",\"answer\":\"It moves from early reactions and descriptions to accounts of logging and the devastation caused by chainsaws and sawmills, culminating in material framed as “Saving the Remnant.”\"}]","GIANTS IN THE EARTH | PDF",1790579832,598]