The Wild Trees by Richard Preston is a captivating exploration of the world of the giant redwood trees of Northern California. Through interviews with scientists, tree-climbers, and environmentalists, Preston reveals the secrets of these ancient and majestic trees, and the unique and dangerous subculture of tree
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring is a non-fiction book by Richard Preston about California's coastal redwoods and the recreational climbers who climbed them. It is a narrative-style collection of stories from climbers who pioneered redwood climbing, including botanist Steve Sillett, lichenologist Marie Antoine, and Michael Taylor. They inadvertently discovered a thriving ecosystem hidden among the tree tops, 60–90 meters (200–300 ft) above, of redwood lattices, berry bushes, bonsai trees, epiphytes, lichens, voles, and salamanders.