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The book profiles the life of a Douglas-fir tree, from seed to maturity to death. The story provides ecological context by describing interactions with other lifeforms in the forest and historical context through parallels with world events that occur during the tree's 700 years of life.
- 192
- Greystone Books
- September 2004
16 de sept. de 2004 · In Tree: a life story, by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, the full account of a single 260 foot tall Douglas-fir tree is told, from its birth following a forest fire until its eventual demise and collapse 700 years later.
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- Paperback
1 de jul. de 2009 · Books. “Only God can make a tree,” wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems. In Tree: A Life Story, authors David Suzuki and Wayne Grady extend that celebration in a...
20 de jul. de 2018 · Greystone Books Ltd, Jul 20, 2018 - Nature - 206 pages. The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the...
- David Suzuki, Wayne Grady
- revised
- Peter Wohlleben
- Tree: A Life Story
This is the awe-inspiring biography of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log,...
The tree's pivotal role in making life possible for the creatures around it—including human beings—is lovingly explored. The richly detailed text and Robert Bateman's original art pay tribute to this ubiquitous organism that is too often taken for granted.
- Wayne Grady, David Suzuki
David Suzuki and Wayne Grady describe in lyrical detail the dramatic origins of a Douglas fir, which begins its life with a burst of millions of microscopic grains of pollen. They uncover its amazing resilience, and also its vulnerability across its long life in the forest.
