Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

by Jill Jonnes

Book Overview

"Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us." -- Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction "Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for America's city trees over the past two centuries. . . . An authoritative account." --Gerard Helferich, The Wall Street Journal "We all know that trees...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670015660
• ISBN13: 9780670015665
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"