Ancients

Discovering the world's oldest surviving trees in wild Tasmania

AvAndrew Darby

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-04
Mått:153 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:423 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Allen & Unwin
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Allen & Unwin
ISBN:9781761069239
Utmärkelser:Long-listed for Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2025 (Australia)

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Andrew Darby is the author of Flight Lines, on long distance migratory shorebirds, and Harpoon on whales and whaling. Flight Lines won the Royal Zoological Society of NSW's Whitley Award for the Best Natural History, and the Premier's Prize for Non-fiction in the Tasmanian Literary Awards. It was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction. He was the Hobart correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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The quiet magnificence of nature is reflected in the lyrical elegance of Darby's prose.

Innehållsförteckning

FlameONE Camouflage King's Lomatia TWO Dinosaur King Billy Pine THREE Pine of Olympus Pencil Pine FOUR Water Tree Huon Pine FIVE Overshadow Giant Eucalypts SIX The Green Myrtle Beech SEVEN The Gold Fagus Author's note Chapter notes