Wildwood : a journey through trees / Roger Deakin
2008, Penguin Books. New York : Free Press. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #323893
Physical description: xii, 390 pages: illustrations. Summary: Roger Deakin's exploration of our relationship with trees is autobiography, history, traveller's tale and incisive work of natural history. It will take you into the heart of the woods where we go 'to grow, learn and change'. Contents: Staying put -- The House-sheds: Camping Study -- The Bluebell Picnic -- The Rookery -- The Moth Wood -- Living in the Woods -- The New Forest Revisited -- Oak Apple Day --Willow -- Shelter -- The Sacred Groves of Devon -- The Forest of Dean and the Wye -- Among jaguars -- David Nash -- East Anglian Coast -- Mary Newcomb -- Driftwood -- The Woods and the Water -- Pyrenees -- Wild Horses -- The Bieszczady Woods -- Cockatoo -- Utopia -- At Leatherarse Gully -- The Pilliga Forest -- East to Eden -- South to the Walnut Forests -- Shaydan and Arslanbob -- Suffolk Trees -- A New-laid Hedge -- Coppicing -- Tools and Workshops -- Ash. Subjects: Deakin, Roger Travel. Deakin, Roger Journeys Great Britain. Trees. Forests and forestry. Human-plant relationships. Voyages and travels. Nature Effect of human beings on. Forests and forestry. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €12.95