A day in the ancient Bristlecone Pine forest.

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A day in the ancient Bristlecone Pine forest.

Schlenz, Mark A. Photography by Dennis Flaherty.

Companion Press

2008

64 pages

$19.95

Paperback

QK494

Near the California-Nevada border, Bristlecone pines have lived longer than any other trees in the world, nearly 5,000 years. This book reveals the beauty of these trees throughout the seasons in high-quality color photos. Veteran Eastern Sierra landscape photographer Flaherty explores an artistic vision of nature as artist and sculptor. In short essays, Schlenz, a literature and writing teacher, reflects on the life-cycle of the trees, traces their contributions to science and to interpretations of human history, and explores their transformation by nature's forces. Schlenz has written previous travel books for the publisher. Flaherty's photographs have been published in Audubon, National Geographic, and Sierra. Distributed by Mountain Press, Missoula, Montana.

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