The Angel Tree: The Enchanting Quest for the World's Oldest Olive Tree

Dingwall-Main, Alex

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ISBN 10: 1559707119 ISBN 13: 9781559707114

Published by Arcade Publishing, U.S.A., 2004

Language: English

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The Angel Tree: The Enchanting Quest for the World's Oldest Olive Tree

Publisher

Arcade Publishing, U.S.A.

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

1559707119

ISBN 13

9781559707114

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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1st Printing

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Good

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The author recounts an assignment to locate and obtain the world's oldest olive tree for an eccentric Frenchman's Provence garden, a quest that takes him through Greece, Spain, and Italy and pits him against botanical world politics. 10,000 first printing.

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Most people wanting to buy a tree for their front yard simply head down to their local nursery, but Regis Latour isn't most people: he's a megamillionaire, and his front yard is the focal point of a breathtaking estate in the Provencal mountains. The tree, then, can't be just any tree: it has to be the world's oldest living olive tree. So begins the odyssey undertaken by Dingwall-Main, an inventive and intrepid landscape architect who travels throughout Europe and the Greek Isles in search of the perfect specimen. He finally stumbles upon a 2,300-year-old olive tree situated in a remote Spanish village. One problem: the tree isn't for sale. Such an obstacle is par for the course, as Dingwall-Main recounts his captivating escapades teeming with nefarious nurserymen, suspicious salesmen, and viperous villagers loathe to lose their venerated old tree. Call it Monty Python meets Gertrude Jekyll. Dingwall-Main's hilarious horticultural homage to all things olea is an equally wacky, off-the-beaten-track travelogue and a perfect escape for gardeners and gallivanters alike. Carol Haggas
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