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The Ash Tree
Oliver Rackham
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Description for The Ash Tree
Paperback. This is the first book dedicated to the Ash Tree by one of our foremost nature writers. Both a history and a call to arms, Rackham writes powerfully about the Ash and its significance. Series: Paperback Monographs. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 178. .
Ash is one of the most common trees in the British Isles - there are nearly as many ash trees as there are people. Perhaps this is why we take them for granted. Poets write of oak, yew, elm, willow, rarely ash.No books have been written about ash trees before. Yet Ash is one of the most productive hardwoods in Europe. Its strength and elasticity are qualities our Neolithic ancestors recognised while building their tracks across the marshlands of Somerset. Ash has been used ever since, to build and warm homes, to feed livestock, to cure. Before steel it was ... Read more
Ash is one of the most common trees in the British Isles - there are nearly as many ash trees as there are people. Perhaps this is why we take them for granted. Poets write of oak, yew, elm, willow, rarely ash.No books have been written about ash trees before. Yet Ash is one of the most productive hardwoods in Europe. Its strength and elasticity are qualities our Neolithic ancestors recognised while building their tracks across the marshlands of Somerset. Ash has been used ever since, to build and warm homes, to feed livestock, to cure. Before steel it was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Paperback Monographs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908213426
SKU
V9781908213426
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Ref
99-13
About Oliver Rackham
Oliver Rackham is the outstanding botanical writer of his generation. His books include The History of the Countryside, Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape, Ancient Woodland and Woodlands, which was the 100th volume in the Collins New Naturalist series. He was honorary Professor of Historical Ecology at Cambridge University, and was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College for over ... Read more
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