Beechcombings: The Narratives of Trees - Softcover

Mabey, Richard

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9781844139200: Beechcombings: The Narratives of Trees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844139204 ISBN 13: 9781844139200

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2008

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Mabey traces the long history of the socialization of trees in Europe, as successive eras made them into workhorses, ornaments, investments and now, in the era of global warming, a panacea for healing our planet.

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About the Author:

Richard Mabey is the author of the bestselling, award-winning and ground-breaking Flora Britannica, as well as many highly praised books about nature and the environment, including Food for Free and The Unofficial Countryside. His book about Gilbert White won the Whitbread Biography of the Year.
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Review:

"Wonderfully subversive, far-reaching and unsentimental" Observer "Richard Mabey is a man for all seasons, most regions and every kind of landscape" -- Andrew Motion Financial Times "Beechcombings is a treasure trove of fact and anecdote linked to the beech tree... By the time you have reached the end of the book you will have accumulated an encyclopaedic knowledge of the uses and merits of different timbers and you will have an extensive list of locations to visit. A welcome present" -- Michael Heseltine Spectator "The latest book from the doyen of our nature writers employs a key critical concept of recent decades to explore how we really see the natural word - with fascinating results... a terrific combination of both natural and intellectual history, informed by penetrating insight" Independent "Like the woodlands itself, Beechcombings operates on many levels... Busting out is a leaf-storm of philosophical musings, journeys of mind and body, reflections and anecdotes that imprint the tree on human culture" Sunday Times

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