Jared Farmer
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
The epic story of the planet’s oldest trees and the making of the modern world Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature. It's the work of history. Rich in character and story, Trees in Paradise is a dazzling narrative that offers an insightful, new perspective on the history of the Golden State and the American West."--www.Amazon.com.