{"product_id":"the-company-of-trees-a-year-in-a-lifetimes-quest-9781474606790","title":"The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Pakenham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Plants - Trees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of\u003ci\u003e Meadowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate, Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; and his efforts to preserve magnificent old trees and historic woodlands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether writing about the terrible storms breaking the backs of hundred-year-old trees or a fire in the peat bog on Tullynally which threatens to spread to the main commercial spruce-woods, his fear of climate change and disease, or the sturdy young saplings giving him hope for the future, his book is never less than enthralling.","brand":"George Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicholson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45051419361431,"sku":"9781474606790","price":1127.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474606790.webp?v=1769229237","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-company-of-trees-a-year-in-a-lifetimes-quest-9781474606790","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}