- A 13,000-year-old Palmer's oak in California that survives by cloning itself
- The 1,200-year-old Seven Sisters Oak in Louisiana that has survived in the path of at least ten major hurricanes
- 2,000-year-old redwoods (the tallest trees in the world) on the California coast
- The 2,628 year old bald cypress in the Black River of North Carolina
Marvelously detailed and deeply passionate, In Search of the Old Ones will transform your perspective of the trees and forests around you.