The wood

John Lewis-Stempel

This is the story of one wood, representative of all the small woods of our landscape and of the sanctuary they provide. From January through to December, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons in exquisite, lyric prose, as the cuckoo flits through the green shade and in the silence and the wind of winter. He explores from the roots of the oak to its tips, under the black, spicy leaf mould of the woodland floor and up into the mysterious canopy. He offers a unique account of the animals that inhabit this refuge: the fox, the pheasants, the wood mice and the tawny owl, among others. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book from the first page to the last.

Author(s): Lewis-Stempel, John
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 14/03/2019
Pagination: 293 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Black Swan
Published By: Black Swan
Book Classification: The countryside, country life: general interest|Conservation of wildlife & habitats|The Earth: natural history: general interest
Dimensions: 198x128x19
Weight: 215
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781784162436