Company of Trees

A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of MeadowlandThomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate, Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; and his efforts to preserve magnificent old trees and historic woodlands.Whether writing about the terrible storms breaking the backs of hundred-year-old trees or a fire in the peat bog on Tullynally which threatens to spread to the main commercial spruce-woods, his fear of climate change and disease, or the sturdy young saplings giving him hope for the future, his book is never less than enthralling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-10-19
Mått128 x 196 x 18 mm
Vikt211 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagOrion Publishing Co
ISBN9781474606790

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