**WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL
HISTORY WRITING
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**"Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a
wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human
history and in modern culture." --Science Friday
**
The author of Sounds Wild and Broken and the Pulitzer Prize finalist
The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers --
trees
David Haskell has won acclaim for eloquent writing and deep engagement
with the natural world. Now, he brings his powers of observation to the
biological networks that surround all species, including humans. Haskell
repeatedly visits a dozen trees, exploring connections with people,
microbes, fungi, and other plants and animals. He takes us to trees in
cities (from Manhattan to Jerusalem), forests (Amazonian, North
American, and boreal) and areas on the front lines of environmental
change (eroding coastlines, burned mountainsides, and war zones.) In
each place he shows how human history, ecology, and well-being are
intimately intertwined with the lives of trees.
Scientific, lyrical, and contemplative, Haskell reveals the biological
connections that underpin all life. In a world beset by barriers, he
reminds us that life's substance and beauty emerge from relationship and
interdependence.
