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Meetings With Remarkable Trees Thomas Pakenham

Meetings With Remarkable Trees By Thomas Pakenham

Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

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Summary

This collection of tree portraits is designed as a testimonial to the Earth's oldest living organisms. The arrangement owes nothing to conventional botany, but rather, trees are grouped according to their characteristics.

Meetings With Remarkable Trees Summary

Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

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:

About Thomas Pakenham

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.

Table of Contents

British and Irish giants; American giants; sacred trees; captives; relics and ruins; royals; hedges and adventures; Chinoiserie; towers and temples; snakes; poets and painters; from the East; liberty trees; dotards; mother trees; champions; hydras; homes; mongrels; trees of knowledge; for the hunt; family seats.

Additional information

GOR001304957
9780297832553
0297832557
Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
1996-10-28
192
Short-listed for Natural World Book of the Year 1997 Short-listed for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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