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In Search Of Remarkable Trees: On Safari In Southern Africa

In Search Of Remarkable Trees: On Safari In Southern Africa

by ThomasPakenham (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

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Synopsis

Thomas Pakenham, no stranger to Africa with his award-winning books, THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA and THE BOER WAR, nor to remarkable trees with his best-selling MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES and REMARKABLE TREES OF THE WORLD, combines his two interests on safari in Southern Africa in pursuit of remarkable trees. His particular quarry is the rare, the giant, the very old, the extraordinary, or the simply beautiful, or those trees imbued with significance, written about by the great explorers of the past, or associated with magic, or folklore, or ritual. The result is a highly individual book, the product of a brilliant photographer and an original mind. In an opening section he describes his journey and the extraordinary moments of drama and even danger - scaling trees to escape from the enraged wildlife - and those moments of triumph as he stands in awe before a tree, connected by some primitive, atavistic bond. It is those moments we share in the resulting photographs. The texts that accompany each image are as individual as his photographs, a beautifully crafted blend of botany and social history.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 30 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 029784380X
ISBN 13: 9780297843801
Book Overview: Critically acclaimed and now famous author. Over 100,000 copies sold of MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES and REMARKABLE TREES OF THE WORLD. Awe-inspiring collection of the largest, oldest and most fabled trees in Southern Africa and Madagascar.

Media Reviews
'Thomas Pakenham's fine new book is... a Book of Marvels... beguiling' LITERARY REVIEW 'an inspired and inspring book, full of delightful trees, many of them weird and outlandish to northern European eyes.' HORTUS
Author Bio
Thomas Pakenham is the author and photographer of the bestselling REMARKABLE TREES OF THE WORLD and MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES, and author of the critically acclaimed SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA, which won the W.H. Smith award and the Alan Paton Award. He lives in Co. Westmeath, Ireland, with a growing collection of trees raised from seeds collected on his expeditions around the world, and is Chairman of the Irish Tree Society. This book combines his knowledge and interest in both trees and Southern Africa.