Ancient oakwoods, thickets of shimmering birches or lonely clumps of gnarled Caledonian pine all count among the most atmospheric and inspiring places in Scotland.
This is a winning portrait of the forests as we encounter them today, and their part in Scotland's story: from the Ice Age to the great woodlands imagined by the planting Dukes of Atholl and the blanket spruce plantations of the post-war years. Eloquently written with a blend of myth and archaeological evidence, vivid glimpses of the great personalities and a taste of environmental and economic controversies, Landscapes and Lives is a book as rich and memorable as the forests themselves.
- ISBN10 1841954411
- ISBN13 9781841954417
- Publish Date 6 November 2003 (first published 11 November 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 December 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English