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Key ideas from the book
- The book explores the enduring connections between people, trees and wood.
- Deakin’s travels range from Britain and Europe to Central Asia and Australia.
- Encounters with woodlanders offer perspectives on living and working with wood.
- The account brings together travel, memoir, history and natural history.
- Readers gain an exploration of the place of trees in nature, culture and human life.
About Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger Deakin
Beginning with the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin travels through Britain, Europe, Central Asia and Australia to explore the enduring connection between people and trees. Along the way, he meets people who live and work in woodlands, stays in shacks and cabins, builds hazel benders and hunts bush-plums with Aboriginal women.
Part travel writing, memoir, history and natural history, Wildwood considers the place of trees and wood in nature, culture and human life. It will interest readers of nature writing, ecology, travel and personal accounts of encounters with the natural world.
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