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Logan, William Bryant

 
9780393358148: Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393358143 ISBN 13 : 9780393358148
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2020

Synopsis

Farmers once knew how to make a living fence and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls and baskets. Townspeople cut beeches to make charcoal to fuel ironworks. Shipwrights shaped oaks to make hulls. In order tp prosper communities cut their trees so they would sprout again. Pruning the trees didn't destroy them. Rather, it created healthy, sustainable and diverse woodlands. From these woods came the poetic landscapes of Shakespeare's England and of ancient Japan. The trees lived longer. William Bryant Logan travels from the English fens to Spain, California and Japan to rediscover and celebrate what was once a common and practical ecology-finding hope that humans may again learn what the persistence and generosity of trees can teach.

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À propos de l'auteur

William Bryant Logan is a practicing arborist and the author of three acclaimed books on nature: Dirt, Oak, and Air. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393358143
ISBN 13 
9780393358148
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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