One of two genuine classics of American nature writing now in paperback; the other is A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America.

"A volume for a lifetime" is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this on

A detailed handbook giving clear descriptions and full historical information about the trees that grow in North America--Résumé de l'éditeur.