{"product_id":"9781603447676","title":"Living Witness: Historic Trees of Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e In a beautiful tribute to the natural heritage of the Lone Star State, photographer Ralph Yznaga celebrates the strong connections between Texans and their trees. Inspired by the old Texas Forest Service book, \u003ci\u003eFamous Trees of Texas,\u003c\/i\u003e Yznaga has captured the continuing attachment we have to these magnificent reminders of our culture and history. Stunning images, stories, a detailed map, and driving directions to thirty-seven famous (and infamous) trees help us appreciate how entwined the lives of people and trees are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003eThe Treaty Oak, memorialized in Texas lore as a meeting place for Native Americans and also as the site of Stephen F. Austin’s first boundary treaty with local Indians;\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eThe Burnt Oak, standing witness to the dramatic events leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, one of the largest known specimens of \u003ci\u003eQuercus virginiana \u003c\/i\u003evar. \u003ci\u003efusiformis;\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eThe Sam Houston Kissing Oak, said to occupy the location of a Houston campaign speech near San Marcos, where the \"Old Hero\" kissed local young women who presented him with a flag;\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eThe Great Goose Island Tree, believed to be more than a thousand years old; and many others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe photographs in \u003ci\u003eLiving Witness\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the groundbreaking of the Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Set to open in 2012, the centennial of Lady Bird Johnson’s birth, the arboretum will feature descendents of historic trees in the Hall of Texas Heroes.","brand":"Texas A\u0026M University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166205591792,"sku":"9781603447676","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603447676_p0.jpg?v=1763826395","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603447676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}