The Trees Author:Richter, Conrad Sayward Luckett, pioneer woman, and her family are daring invaders of the American primeval forest. — The Trees is the rich saga of their constant struggle with the wilderness--a moving story filled with constant perils, rough-tongued pioneer humor, tragedies and triumphs. It is the first novel of Conrad Richter's great trilogy, continued in The... more » Fields and The Town, that chronicles Sayward's lifelong adventure on the American frontier.« less