The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees
Autor Robert Pennen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 apr 2016
Robert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. After all, ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. Journeying from Wales across Europe and Ireland to the USA, Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash, developed over millennia making wheels and arrows, furniture and baseball bats, are far from dead. The book chronicles how the urge to understand and appreciate trees still runs through us all like grain through wood.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141977515
ISBN-10: 0141977515
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141977515
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
There
is
no
greater
debt
than
that
which
mankind
owes
to
trees,
and
Robert
Penn
proves
this
brilliantly
-
a
highly
readable
account
of
the
multitude
of
uses
one
single
ash
tree
can
provide
Beautifully crafted, [The Man Who Made Things Out of Treesranges] freely over intellectual territory - masculinity, nostalgia, identity . . . Fascinating . . . Never have the benefits of getting your chopper out appeared more obvious
The appeal of Robert Penn's enchanting narrative extends far beyond tree enthusiasts, woodworkers and fanatic loggers like me. It is a book-lover's feast. Penn's wonderful prose and compelling research putThe Man who Made Things out of Treesright up there in the league with such classics as John McPhee'sThe Survival of the Bark Canoe
This book is bound for great things
Penn is a fine writer, and the mix of research, reportage and personal reflection is persuasive . . . A lovely book
[An] extended tribute to the beauty and usefulness of the ash tree... A homage to vanishing skills that were once integral to the functioning of rural Britain
A beautifully figured and multicolored ode to our love affair with the invaluable Ash tree. I swooned. Penn's paean to the many uses of the Ash is so well-wrought that I am compelled to take up hurling
There's a bit of a wood theme this year, in fact, with ... Robert Penn'sThe Man Who Made Things Out of Trees. One can't help but wonder if all these books encouraging self-reliance and back-to-nature are signs of impending apocalypse
A eulogy to the importance of ash throughout human history . . . Fascinating
I was completely smitten . . . [A] delightful, page-turning love letter to an often-overlooked material
Often wry and always interesting . . . A passionate love letter to the ash tree
A delight to read . . . Penn's writing is poetic . . . [The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees] speaks to the quality of the human experience, of craftwork and making things by hand, of appreciating resourcefulness and natural beauty
This book is a great pleasure to read . . . I defy anyone to read this and not want their own collection of natural and unique objects to connect our daily lives back to the natural woodland which once covered the country
Beautifully crafted, [The Man Who Made Things Out of Treesranges] freely over intellectual territory - masculinity, nostalgia, identity . . . Fascinating . . . Never have the benefits of getting your chopper out appeared more obvious
The appeal of Robert Penn's enchanting narrative extends far beyond tree enthusiasts, woodworkers and fanatic loggers like me. It is a book-lover's feast. Penn's wonderful prose and compelling research putThe Man who Made Things out of Treesright up there in the league with such classics as John McPhee'sThe Survival of the Bark Canoe
This book is bound for great things
Penn is a fine writer, and the mix of research, reportage and personal reflection is persuasive . . . A lovely book
[An] extended tribute to the beauty and usefulness of the ash tree... A homage to vanishing skills that were once integral to the functioning of rural Britain
A beautifully figured and multicolored ode to our love affair with the invaluable Ash tree. I swooned. Penn's paean to the many uses of the Ash is so well-wrought that I am compelled to take up hurling
There's a bit of a wood theme this year, in fact, with ... Robert Penn'sThe Man Who Made Things Out of Trees. One can't help but wonder if all these books encouraging self-reliance and back-to-nature are signs of impending apocalypse
A eulogy to the importance of ash throughout human history . . . Fascinating
I was completely smitten . . . [A] delightful, page-turning love letter to an often-overlooked material
Often wry and always interesting . . . A passionate love letter to the ash tree
A delight to read . . . Penn's writing is poetic . . . [The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees] speaks to the quality of the human experience, of craftwork and making things by hand, of appreciating resourcefulness and natural beauty
This book is a great pleasure to read . . . I defy anyone to read this and not want their own collection of natural and unique objects to connect our daily lives back to the natural woodland which once covered the country