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Article: Quest for Holy Grail. (Clippings).(Book Review)
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Thomas Pakenham is in search of the Holy Grail of trees. The spirit of 19th-century nature explorers lives on in the British historian, who has spent the last decade chronicling the lives of the world's most dramatic trees, many of which are in danger of destruction. Pakenham's book Meetings With Remarkable Trees showcased 60 individual and groups of trees in Britain and Ireland; he's now hunting for another 60 remarkable trees scattered throughout the globe.
Remarkable Trees of the World, the latest hook by the British writer and photographer, ...