In Search of Remarkable Trees: On Safari in Southern Africa

Author(s): Thomas Pakenham

World Natural History | Secondhand

 His particular quarry is the rare, the giant, the very old, the extraordinary, or the simply beautiful, or those trees imbued with significance, written about by the great explorers of the past, or associated with magic, or folklore, or ritual. The result is a highly individual book, the product of a brilliant photographer and an original mind. In an opening section he describes his journey and the extraordinary moments of drama and even danger - scaling trees to escape from the enraged wildlife - and those moments of triumph as he stands in awe before a tree, connected by some primitive, atavistic bond. It is those moments we share in the resulting photographs. The texts that accompany each image are as individual as his photographs, a beautifully crafted blend of botany and social history.


Product Information

Thomas Pakenham is the author and photographer of the bestselling REMARKABLE TREES OF THE WORLD and MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES, and author of the critically acclaimed SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA, which won the W.H. Smith award and the Alan Paton Award. He lives in Co. Westmeath, Ireland, with a growing collection of trees raised from seeds collected on his expeditions around the world, and is Chairman of the Irish Tree Society. This book combines his knowledge and interest in both trees and Southern Africa.

General Fields

  • : 9780297843801
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : 1.513
  • : July 2007
  • : 290mm X 240mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Thomas Pakenham
  • : Hardback
  • : 582.160968
  • : 208
  • : 40 B/W Photo\Illu(s),90 Colour Photo\Illu(s)