The Company of Trees A Year in a Lifetime’s Quest

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Synopsis

'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.

Book details

Author:
Thomas Pakenham
ISBN:
9780297866251
Related ISBNs:
9780297866244
Publisher:
Orion
Pages:
288
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-03-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Thomas Pakenham 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Home and Garden, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature