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Title: The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0-06-092942-1 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Meanders a bit, but otherwise very good
Comment: Imagine combining the wisdom of a trained naturalist with the heart of a caretaker - a healthy love and respect for trees on one hand and a trained eye for and the knowledge of how and why a forest operates on the other. Now throw in a large patch of land that serves as a giant laboratory, playground and limitless teacher and you have a cool concept.
"The Trees in My Forest" is like a series of informative, meandering walks through the woods with a wise, old Grandfather. From the mostly misunderstood and much maligned fungi which recycle tree roots into soil fo new trees to grow, to the structures which allow some trees to grwo to the top of the forest canopy and others which survive at only a few inches off the ground, the mystery of trees amd forests are opened up.
Much like Tom Brown, Jr. did for impressions in the ground in his playground in the New Jersey Pine Barrens in "The Tracker", Bernd Heinrich does for trees in the forests of Maine. I don't like it as much as Brown's Tracker series, in part because it occassionally loses me on the trail. Still, an interesting (if difficult to follow, sometimes) tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: An inspiring book
Comment: I enjoyed every chapter and I especially appreciated the author's hand drawn illustrations. I also learned a lot about how forests develop and the importance of biological diversity. I think that I will now see a lot more when I walk in forest. Like the other reviewer, I feel inspired to acquire some acres of logged out land up North and let the forest grow!
Rating: 5
Summary: I'll never look at a tree the same way again
Comment: Heinrich is a wonderful writer; while his work may lack the scientific vigor of a true academic text, this is natural science on a personal level. He brings his personal passion for the natural world to his writing, and the result is a really engaging work that will appeal to any lay person interested in the natural world. When I was done with the book, I wanted to run off and buy a dozen acres or so of Maine forest myself.
This book is a good place to start with Heinrich's overall works--he takes a similar, personal approach to the natural sciences with his "Mind of the Raven" and "One Man's Owl."
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Title: Winter World : The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0060197447 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: In a Patch of Fireweed by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0674445511 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0201489392 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Mind of the Raven : Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0060930632 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: One Man's Owl : (Abridged Edition) by Bernd Heinrich ISBN: 0691000654 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 13 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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