In Search of the Old Ones

Follow award-winning author Anthony D. Fredericks’s journey across the United States to visit the oldest trees in the United States. This book reveals the connections between humans and natural history in a unique way - uncovering the remarkable secrets and lives of ancient trees. 

Some of the oldest trees in the United States are introduced, using up-to-date research, interviews with scientists, captivating storytelling, and a contagious wonder for the natural world. The author’s visits with the trees turn readers into fellow travelers. Through firsthand accounts and scientific detail, these enduring trees come to life off the page.

Each chapter begins with a time-travel story that immerses readers in Earth’s past, as early as ~58,000 BCE, for a sweeping view of what was happening during human history when the ancient tree took root. It then zooms into present-day to investigate the tree in all its mature glory and the changed world around it.

Some of the featured trees include: 

• A 13,000-year-old Palmer’s oak in California that survives by cloning itself
• The 1,200-year-old Seven Sisters Oak in Louisiana that has survived in the path of at least ten major hurricanes
• 2,000-year-old redwoods (the tallest trees in the world) on the California coast
• The 2,628 year old bald cypress in the Black River of North Carolina

Marvelously detailed and deeply passionate, In Search of the Old Ones will transform the reader's perspective on the trees and forests that surround us. 

Product Details:

• Hardcover, 248 pages
• 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"
• Great gift idea for anyone who loves travel, nature, or history 

Made in the USA!