TRACKING GIANTS: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest

Lewis is a burned-out book editor and novice hiker looking for a challenge when she sets out to visit all the biggest trees in British Columbia, a region famous for its majestic old-growth forests. But Lewis barely knows a birch from a beech, and trees turn out to be moving targets in a time of wildfire and deforestation. Her quest grows both bigger and more humble. Illus.