Meetings With Remarkable Trees Thomas Pakenham

Name: Meetings With Remarkable Trees By Thomas Pakenham
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Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

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Summary

These portraits of Britain's trees are arranged according to their characteristics, rather than conventional botany, under such headings as Natives, Travellers, Shrines, Fantasies and Survivors.

Meetings With Remarkable Trees Summary

Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

With this astonishong collection of tree portraits, Thomas Packenham has produced a new kind of tree book. The trees are grouped according to their characteristics; roughly half are ancient native trees in the UK, while the rest are exotic newcomers from Europe.

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.

Additional information

Sku

GOR004000828

ISBN 13

9780753802373

ISBN 10

B001MGJA5W

Title

Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

Author

Thomas Pakenham

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

19971013

Number of pages

192

Prizes

Short-listed for Natural World Book of the Year 1997 Short-listed for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

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