The Witness Trees: Historic Moments and the Trees Who Watched Them Happen: Includes a Map to Over 20 Trees You Can Visit Today (Van Cleave Ryan G.)(Pevná vazba)

For generations, trees have silently witnessed history's most pivotal moments. This is their story. In the sweep of wind over grass, near the pulse of rivers, we stand, monuments of bark and age-curled green. Above, an avalanche of stars. Below, the ocean of earth. Within, the uncounted lives birthed, bloomed, and plucked from the gardens we tend. We survive. We remember. We witness. In evocative verse and stunning artwork, Witness Trees is the story of the world's most enduring witnesses: the trees. From the Flower of Kent apple tree still standing in Sir Isaac Newton's yard, to the English oak given to Jesse Owens after facing down Hitler at
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