Oak: A British History

by Jeanette Harris and Esmond Harris

Oak has always held pride of place amongst trees in Britain has long provided the British people with a wonderful natural resource. In this book the authors reclaim the disappearing forestry and carpentry skills of our ancestors and show how oak can continue to enrich our future as a key element in an ecologically rich countryside. They explore how people managed and exploited oakwoods since Neolithic times, and the skills required in the use of timbers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0953863085
• ISBN13: 9780953863082
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Windgather Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.9"