The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest
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The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest
The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

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Thomas Pakenham (Author)  

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'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland Thomas 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. 24
Thomas Pakenham is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Year of Liberty, The Boer War and The Scramble for Africa. He is also the author and photographer of the bestselling Meetings with Remarkable Trees, Remarkable Trees of the World and In Search of Remarkable Trees: On Safari in Southern Africa. He lives in Ireland, and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society.
  • Contributor: Thomas Pakenham
  • Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • ISBN13: 9781474606790
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 128x196x18mm
  • Packaged Weight: 200
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Release Date: 2017-10-19
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Thomas Pakenham is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Year of Liberty, The Boer War and The Scramble for Africa. He is also the author and photographer of the bestselling Meetings with Remarkable Trees, Remarkable Trees of the World and In Search of Remarkable Trees: On Safari in Southern Africa. He lives in Ireland, and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society.

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