Remarkable Trees of the World
$85.01
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2003
Summary
The publication of Remarkable Trees of the World took American audiences by storm. Thomas Pakenham embarks on a five-year odyssey to most of the temperate and tropical regions of the world to photograph sixty trees of remarkable personality and presence: Dwarfs, Giants, Monuments, and Aliens; the lovingly tended midgets of Japan; the enormous strangler from India; and the 4,700-year “Old Methusalehs.” American readers will be fascinated by Pakenham’s first examination of North American trees,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393325294 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393325296 |
| Author: | Thomas Pakenham |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2003 |
| Weight: | 1.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 241mm x 15mm |
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“Spectacular…the specimens photographed here are surpassingly bizarre and varied….[An] astonishing collection.”
“Spectacular…the specimens photographed here are surpassingly bizarre and varied…[An] astonishing collection.” – Janet Maslin - New York Times “Informative and inspiring.” – American Gardener
About The Author
Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham’s Meetings with Remarkable Trees received international acclaim. His other books include Remarkable Trees of the World, The Boer War and The Scramble for Africa, which won the Alan Paton Award. He lives in London.
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