The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine

"The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine" by Enos A. Mills is a story of a great Pine tree that was dissected by the author after being cut by the loggers. The book is a great choice for those interested in the outdoors, greenery, and nature. Excerpt: «The peculiar charm and fascination that trees exert over many people I had always felt from childhood, but it was that great nature-lover, John Muir, who first showed me how and where to learn their language. Few trees, however, ever held for me such an attraction as did a gigantic and venerable yellow pine which I discovered one autumn day several years ago while exploring the southern Rockies. It grew within sight of the Cliff-Dwellers' Mesa Verde, which stands at the corner of four States, and as I came upon it one evening just as the sun was setting over that mysterious tableland, its character and heroic proportions made an impression upon me that I shall never forget, and which familiar acquaintance only served to deepen while it yet lived and before the axeman came.»