Mythic Woods: The World's Most Remarkable Forests - Hardcover

Roberts, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297843524 ISBN 13: 9780297843528

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

These magnificent and evocative color photos reveal why forests have been a source of inspiration to humankind throughout the ages. The bestselling author of Meeting with Remarkable Trees has chosen 15 "mythic woods," from the famous Sherwood Forest (so unlike its legendary image) to the little-known Valley of the Giants in Tasmania, home to some of the world's tallest trees. Some are huge and ecologically vital, like the Amazon and Canadian rainforests; others are tiny remnants, like the Black Wood of Rannoch. The rich and diverse gallery includes the Petrified Forest of Arizona and the towering underwater groves of the Californian Kelp Forest. If anyone questions the need to nurture and protect Earth's forests, these images offer a supremely eloquent answer.

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About the Author:

Thomas Pakenham is the author of the critically acclaimed THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA which won the W.H. Smith Award and the Alan Paton Award. He is also the author of THE BOER WAR, THE MOUNTAINS OF RASSELAS and THE YEAR OF LIBERTY. He lives in County Westmeath, Ireland and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society. He plants trees both for profit and ornament. Jonathan Roberts was born in Connecticut, USA, in 1943 and grew up in Gloucestershire. He read Greats at Oxford University, before spells as a teacher in Africa and as a freelance journalist and writer in London. From 1973 he fish-farmed in south-west Scotland, and in 1993 moved to a sheep hill-farm in Dorset, where he now lives. In 2001 he published CABBAGES AND KINGS (HarperCollins), an account of how fruit and vegetables originated from wild species. He is married, with a wife and three daughters. Thomas Pakenham is the author and photographer of the bestselling books MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES and REMARKABLE TREES OF THE WORLD. He lives in County Westmeath, Ireland and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society. He plants trees both for profit and ornament.

Review:

'Rich prose and lavish photography...' THE FIELD

About this edition

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0297843524
• ISBN 13: 9780297843528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176