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The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees - And the Fight to Save Them: The Stunning New Nature Book from the 'Unofficial Poet Laureate of Ou (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781035412341)
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xA Guardian 'Book of the day' 'A captivating book' - Independent
'Her enthusiasm is contagious.' - Guardian
'A meditation on life, culture and trees.' - FRED PEARCE
'Unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands.' - Scotsman For millennia,
elms shaped our landscape and our folklore;
then they started dying. Few young people have seen a mature elm tree. They once covered great swathes of Europe and North America, but Dutch elm disease has since killed hundreds of millions worldwide, forever altering our landscapes. The Lost Elms is a love letter to our nearly vanished elms and a rallying cry for their long, slow fight back. It tells the gripping story of the scientists desperately trying to halt the disease's relentless progress, and shares the latest research uncovering the intricate links between elms and other species. Woven throughout is a deeply lyrical look at the tree's central place in our history, mythology, poetry and folklore. Crucially, there is hope. Recent breakthroughs reveal elms to be more resilient than we ever imagined. The Lost Elms shows how the strength of this noble tree can offer positive lessons for the future - lessons which one day might help us save other disappearing species.
Author: Mandy Haggith
ISBN-10: 1035412349
ISBN-13: 9781035412341
Publisher: Wildfire
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.69d
'Her enthusiasm is contagious.' - Guardian
'A meditation on life, culture and trees.' - FRED PEARCE
'Unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands.' - Scotsman For millennia,
elms shaped our landscape and our folklore;
then they started dying. Few young people have seen a mature elm tree. They once covered great swathes of Europe and North America, but Dutch elm disease has since killed hundreds of millions worldwide, forever altering our landscapes. The Lost Elms is a love letter to our nearly vanished elms and a rallying cry for their long, slow fight back. It tells the gripping story of the scientists desperately trying to halt the disease's relentless progress, and shares the latest research uncovering the intricate links between elms and other species. Woven throughout is a deeply lyrical look at the tree's central place in our history, mythology, poetry and folklore. Crucially, there is hope. Recent breakthroughs reveal elms to be more resilient than we ever imagined. The Lost Elms shows how the strength of this noble tree can offer positive lessons for the future - lessons which one day might help us save other disappearing species.
Author: Mandy Haggith
ISBN-10: 1035412349
ISBN-13: 9781035412341
Publisher: Wildfire
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.69d
By Mandy Haggith
xMandy Haggith lives in a remnant of ancient rainforest in northwest Scotland and spent 20 years as a forest activist, from award-winning local campaigns in Scotland all the way to the United Nations. She is now an honorary research fellow and lecturer in creative writing at the University of the Highlands and Islands. She is the author of Paper Trails: From Trees to Trash - The True Cost of Paper, five novels and six poetry collections, and editor of the tree poem anthology, Into the Forest.
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