商品簡介
Before he died in 1993, N. D. G. James, President of the Royal Forestry Society, laid out the foundations for this history of the mighty tree. Forester Harris and naturalist, and author Jeanette Harris, who have renovated woodlands on their small farm in Cornwall, bring the vision to fruition. They discuss the early history; propagating and raising; management and silviculture; past and present uses; shipbuilding; myths, symbols, and the age of oak trees; and the role of the oak in the future. Distributed in the US by The David Brown Book Company. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Esmond Harris has spent a lifetime working as a forester, and is a past Director of The Royal Forestry Society. Jeanette Harris is a farmer and author. Together they wrote the best-selling ReaderAes Digest Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Britain. They run a small farm in Cornwall, where their renovation of woodlands won the 2002 Duke of CornwallAes Award for Forestry and Conservation. N. D. G. James, OBE was President of The Royal Forestry Society and author of several tree books. He died in 1993, having laid the foundations for this book.
