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Out of the Woods takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city - from woodlands of majestic oak and ash to mean streets lined with cherries.
Containing myriad tips for recognition and rich in tree-biography and gossip, this book will enable you to tell your birch from your beech as you pass at 70mph, and will inspire even the most unreformed couch potato to pull on the wellies and brave the local park in search of the national treasures scattered all around us.
About the author
Will Cohu is a regular contributor to the "Daily Telegraph" and the author of "Urban Dog."
Summary
Out of the Woods is an affectionate, convivial introduction to Britain's trees, in which Will Cohu takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city - from woodlands of majestic oak and ash, via alder-clad lay-bys, to mean streets lined with cherries.
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Out of the Woods is an affectionate, convivial introduction to Britain's trees, in which Will Cohu takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city - from woodlands of majestic oak and ash, via alder-clad lay-bys, to mean streets lined with cherries.
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Cohu intertwines history, poetry, folklore and hardcore botany with the deftness of a master coppicer...A book to relish while burning hand-hewn logs in an open fire.
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Cohu's intimate writing style will inspire you to leave your armchair on a voyage of discovery into an oft ignored aspect of landscape. Good Book Guide
