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, New York, 2004

Language: English

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New York: Arcade Publishing, 2004. First North American Edition. Fine/Fine. Stated First North American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket, book and jacket in as-new condition. Clean green boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Don Grant. 317 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Encl\osed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. When a distinquished landscape architect (the author) working in Provence is asked by a client to find the oldest living olive tree in the world to grace his garden, he finds himself on an improbable adventure spanning the Mediterranean Coast of Europe.

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

Publisher

Arcade Publishing, New York

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

1559707119

ISBN 13

9781559707114

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First North American Edition.

Condition

Fine

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Fine

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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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