Richard Allen (2)
Autor(a) de Australia's Remarkable Trees
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Obras por Richard Allen
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Ocupações
- journalist
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 42
- Popularidade
- #357,757
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 154
- Línguas
- 2
The narration did have it's good points, but I felt like it was excessive at times, particularly in the Magnificent Natives and Local Giants chapters. I did particularly enjoy the descriptors of the Private Trees, the Historic Trees and the Foreign Invaders, since I felt these had the most history and depth of research, and showed a great deal of respect for the content matter. I also felt all states of Australia were quite well-represented, and the respect the author has for the trees themselves came through clearly very often.
This book, overall, introduced me to some species of native trees I wasn't familiar with, and time was clearly taken to show magnificent or unusual specimens of each. The Moreton Bay Fig is simply glorious, and it's wonderful to see such great photos of these giant, stand-out trees. I am definitely considering purchasing this book for the photography alone; it is stunning.… (mais)