Project Gutenberg 2013-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 187 Mills, Enos A. 1870 1922 Mills, Enos Abijah 14012822 The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine" by Enos A. Mills is a reflective nature piece written in the early 20th century. This book explores the life of a majestic yellow pine tree, affectionately named "Old Pine," which stood for over a thousand years in the southern Rockies. Through its narrative, Mills delves into the interaction between nature and humanity, portraying the profound history embedded within this ancient tree. The book chronicles the personal journey of the author as he discovers Old Pine and eventually witnesses its demise at the hands of loggers. Mills meticulously examines the tree's growth rings, each representing a year in its life, and recounts the trials it endured through naturally occurring calamities and human encounters. He imagines the stories hidden within its fibers, including the scars left by arrowheads, axe marks, and fire, connecting the tree's biography to the broader human history of exploration and settlement in the region. Ultimately, the narrative serves as a poignant meditation on the life of trees, the passage of time, and the delicate balance between preservation and progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41972/41972-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Pine QK Text Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 54937 2025-08-17T05:33:38.823992 text/html 30648 2024-10-23T13:49:29 text/html 493531 2025-08-17T05:33:41.125972 application/epub+zip 491986 2025-08-17T05:33:39.438988 application/epub+zip 61288 2025-08-17T05:33:39.131984 application/epub+zip 519003 2025-08-17T05:33:42.622974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506114 2025-08-17T05:33:40.781031 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77567 2022-09-19T08:05:50.282172 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41573 2025-08-17T05:33:38.619023 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21573 2024-10-23T13:49:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16019 2025-08-17T05:33:42.759959 application/rdf+xml 13282 2025-08-17T05:33:39.205001 image/jpeg 1920 2025-08-17T05:33:39.165983 image/jpeg 466748 2025-08-17T05:33:38.872021 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia