Meetings With Remarkable Trees

Meetings With Remarkable Trees

by ThomasPakenham (Author)

Synopsis

With this astonishing collection of tree portraits,Thomas Pakenham has produced a new kind of tree book.The arrangement owes nothing to conventional botany. The trees are grouped according to their characteristics:Natives,Travellers, Shrines,Fantasies and survivors Roughly half consist of ancient native trees:

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 28 Oct 1996

ISBN 10: 0297832557
ISBN 13: 9780297832553
Book Overview: * A new type of book about trees that will appeal to both tree and history fans.* Interactive, accessible approach. * Big name author expounds his greatest love. * Lavish layers of illustrations ranging from modern photographs to ancient prints and maps.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Natural World Book of the Year 1997 and BP Natural World Book Prize 1997.

Author Bio
Thomas Pakenham is the author of the critically acclaimed THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA which won the W.H. Smith Award and the Alan Paton Award. He is also the author of THE BOER WAR, THE MOUNTAINS OF RASSELAS and THE YEAR OF LIBERTY. He lives in County Westmeath, Ireland and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society. He plants trees both for profit and ornament.