Lives of the trees : an uncommon history /
Wells, Diana, 1940-
Lives of the trees : an uncommon history / Diana Wells ; illustrated by Heather Lovett. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010. - 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is an "uncommon history" of trees. Alphabetical entries cover tree and leaf descriptions, their products, where the trees are located geographically, where they got their common names, people who described the trees or transported them and made them popular, and folklore and stories about the particular trees.
156512491X 9781565124912
3056360
2009031669
Trees--Folklore.
Trees--History.
Trees--Mythology.
Lives of the trees : an uncommon history / Diana Wells ; illustrated by Heather Lovett. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010. - 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is an "uncommon history" of trees. Alphabetical entries cover tree and leaf descriptions, their products, where the trees are located geographically, where they got their common names, people who described the trees or transported them and made them popular, and folklore and stories about the particular trees.
156512491X 9781565124912
3056360
2009031669
Trees--Folklore.
Trees--History.
Trees--Mythology.