Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.
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The quiet magnificence of nature is reflected in the lyrical elegance of Darby's prose. * Jonathan Green, ABC Radio's Blueprint for Living * The Ancients will be relished by anyone who cares about the extraordinary island of Tasmania * Nicholas Shakespeare, novelist and biographer * A thrilling reminder of our good fortune in having these living monuments of deep time on our doorstep * Sydney Morning Herald * The Ancients threads together colonial history, personal reflections and conservation campaigns to deepen our appreciation of our "ancient" backyard. Darby's experiences communing alone with these colossal beings often provide the book's most enriching education on the sheer force of these wild elders. * Saturday Paper *
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 153 mm
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978-1-76106-923-9 (9781761069239)
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Andrew Darby is the author of Flight Lines, on long distance migratory shorebirds, and Harpoon on whales and whaling. Flight Lines won the Royal Zoological Society of NSW's Whitley Award for the Best Natural History, and the Premier's Prize for Non-fiction in the Tasmanian Literary Awards. It was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction. He was the Hobart correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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ONE Camouflage King's Lomatia
TWO Dinosaur King Billy Pine
THREE Pine of Olympus Pencil Pine
FOUR Water Tree Huon Pine
FIVE Overshadow Giant Eucalypts
SIX The Green Myrtle Beech
SEVEN The Gold Fagus
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