The spirit of nineteenthcentury exploration lives in British historian Thomas Pakenham who has spent the last decade investigating the lives of the worlds most ... » 

The spirit of nineteenthcentury exploration lives in British historian Thomas Pakenham who has spent the last decade investigating the lives of the worlds most dramatic trees many of which are in danger of destruction. After the worldwide success of his privious work Meetings with Remarkable Trees a stunning collection of trees in Britain and Ireland chosen for their unusually strong personalities Pakenham decided to hunt down and photograph remarkable trees scattered around the globe. Many of these trees were already famous champions by girth height volume or age while others had never previously been caught by the camera. Although North American trees dominate this book. Pakenhams fiveyear odyssey also took him to remote regions in Mexico all over Europe parts of Asia including Japan northern and southern Africa. «