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Title: Meetings With Remarkable Trees
Author: Thomas Pakenham
Narrator: Thomas Pakenham, Bill Paterson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-10-15
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Biology
Publisher's Summary:
Thomas Pakenham's classic portraits of 60 distinctive trees, available in download form for the first time. Written by Thomas Pakenham and read by Bill Paterson with an introduction read by the author and music by Orlando Gough. This download includes a fully illustrated accompanying PDF booklet.
In 1996, with this astonishing collection, Thomas Pakenham produced a new kind of tree book. The arrangement owes little to conventional botany. The 60 trees are grouped according to their own strong personalities: natives, travellers, shrines, fantasies and survivors. From the ancient native trees, many of which are huge and immeasurably old, to the exotic newcomers from Europe, the East and North America, Meetings with Remarkable Trees captures the history and beauty of these entrancing living structures.
Common to all these trees is their power to inspire awe and wonder. This is a lovingly researched book - a moving testimonial to the Earth's largest and oldest living structures.
Members Reviews:
Trees more limited to Great Britton
I love trees, but felt this was rather limited. It was written and illustrated by an Englishman, so I felt he was prejudiced on what trees he picked to show/tell about. I was looking for very fantastic and bizarre looking trees of the world such as the Boab tree of Australia. Didn't happen. To me it wasn't worth the price asked for this book.
Tree Lovers, this Book is for You
While I didn't realize the trees shown in this beautiful book were all European it was fun to read about the American imports - progeny of our great trees growing happily and differently, I might add.
A Very Beautiful Book on British Trees
If you are a fan of trees or simply like to look at pictures of wonderful old specimens and imagine fairies, gnomes, soldiers from another era, Robin Hood or whatever fantasy you like, this book is a great choice. I was expecting it to be a bit of a coffee-table picture book but instead, as other reviewers have also noted, it contains quite a bit of text about the history of each tree covered as well as its location. I love big old trees and would have been happy with a picture book, but this goes well beyond the standard pretty-pictures-of-trees book I was expecting, without getting too text-heavy. Five stars.
Beautifully done
This is not a factual book, but information is not the priority - being in awe of nature is the main focus, and Trees does a brilliant job. Perfectly sized, big glossy photos. Excellently written by Pakenham, really feels like you're visiting the trees yourself when he writes, and he is very clearly passionate about this topic. If you like nature and you're looking for a calming, beautiful afternoon read, definitely get this book.
Five Stars
Love this book!!!! It is as remarkable as the trees. I gifted it to my daughter as she is a verifiable tree hugger. I couldn't have gotten her a more appropriate gift. Getting one for myself next as when I looked through the book I knew that the experience of seeing these trees is one that I can only have vicariously, but one I will treasure for always. What majesty!
