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In Elderflora, Jared Farmer has created something that has never existed before. It appears to be a series of interwoven journeys - biological, cultural, scientific - spanning Earth and revealing 5,000 years of living trees and our amazement in their presence. But the author's mastery is unprecedented. Beautifully told, full of pathos, this book is itself a force of nature. --Dan Flores, New York Times-bestselling author of Coyote America Jared Farmer has given us a stunning, globe-spanning, deep-time history, one that is also moving and intimate: a story of ancient trees in all their beauty and complexity that is also a story of how we imagine the best and worst of ourselves. From the hills of Lebanon to the trails of Sequoia National Park to Polish old growth, Elderflora transports us, and asks us to seek a better world for trees--and ourselves. --Bathsheba Demuth, author of Floating Coast Jared Farmer brings both classic and state-of-the-art botany alive. Farmer shows a wonderfully deep understanding of the scientific process. He deftly communicates the research produced by generations of scientists. Moreover, he shows singular insight into how we do what we do--and perhaps more importantly--why we spend our lives studying trees. --Hope Jahren, bestselling author of Lab Girl Jared Farmer has written a history that is as big and bold as the ancient trees at its center. These trees have stood for ages and endured the unremitting assault of modern society. In them, Farmer finds not only a rich organic archive but also the wisdom of elders--wisdom that surely deserves our heed. --Jack E. Davis, author of The Gulf While it is true that the trees have no tongues, that doesn't mean they don't speak to us. Having once cored old growth trees on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to decipher riddles of our past, I know something about the remarkable stories that elderflora tell us about our environment and our history. Read Jared Farmer's lucid and fascinating book to discover the other mysteries told by elderflora. --Michael Mann, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War

While it is true that the trees have no tongues, that doesn't mean they don't speak to us. Having once cored old growth trees on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to decipher riddles of our past, I know something about the remarkable stories that elderflora tell us about our environment and our history. Read Jared Farmer's lucid and fascinating book to discover the other mysteries told by elderflora. --Michael Mann, University of Penn State and author of The New Climate War

Through the engrossing stories of long-lived tree species and long-lived trees, historian Jared Farmer immerses us in 'tree time, ' vividly evoking a deeper past and a vital, enduring future. --Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts In Elderflora, Jared Farmer has created something that has never existed before. It appears to be a series of interwoven journeys - biological, cultural, scientific - spanning Earth and revealing 5,000 years of living trees and our amazement in their presence. But the author's mastery is unprecedented. Beautifully told, full of pathos, this book is itself a force of nature. --Dan Flores, New York Times-bestselling author of Coyote America Jared Farmer has given us a stunning, globe-spanning, deep-time history, one that is also moving and intimate: a story of ancient trees in all their beauty and complexity that is also a story of how we imagine the best and worst of ourselves. From the hills of Lebanon to the trails of Sequoia National Park to Polish old growth, Elderflora transports us, and asks us to seek a better world for trees--and ourselves. --Bathsheba Demuth, author of Floating Coast Jared Farmer brings both classic and state-of-the-art botany alive. Farmer shows a wonderfully deep understanding of the scientific process. He deftly communicates the research produced by generations of scientists. Moreover, he shows singular insight into how we do what we do--and perhaps more importantly--why we spend our lives studying trees. --Hope Jahren, bestselling author of Lab Girl Jared Farmer has written a history that is as big and bold as the ancient trees at its center. These trees have stood for ages and endured the unremitting assault of modern society. In them, Farmer finds not only a rich organic archive but also the wisdom of elders--wisdom that surely deserves our heed. --Jack E. Davis, author of The Gulf While it is true that the trees have no tongues, that doesn't mean they don't speak to us. Having once cored old growth trees on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to decipher riddles of our past, I know something about the remarkable stories that elderflora tell us about our environment and our history. Read Jared Farmer's lucid and fascinating book to discover the other mysteries told by elderflora. --Michael Mann, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War

Jared Farmer brings both classic and state-of-the-art botany alive. Farmer shows a wonderfully deep understanding of the scientific process. He deftly communicates the research produced by generations of scientists. Moreover, he shows singular insight into how we do what we do--and perhaps more importantly--why we spend our lives studying trees. --Hope Jahren, bestselling author of Lab Girl Jared Farmer has written a history that is as big and bold as the ancient trees at its center. These trees have stood for ages and endured the unremitting assault of modern society. In them, Farmer finds not only a rich organic archive but also the wisdom of elders--wisdom that surely deserves our heed. --Jack E. Davis, author of The Gulf While it is true that the trees have no tongues, that doesn't mean they don't speak to us. Having once cored old growth trees on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to decipher riddles of our past, I know something about the remarkable stories that elderflora tell us about our environment and our history. Read Jared Farmer's lucid and fascinating book to discover the other mysteries told by elderflora. --Michael Mann, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War

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Jared Farmer is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. A former Andrew Carnegie Fellow, he is the author of several books, including On Zion's Mount, which won the Francis Parkman Prize. He lives in Philadelphia. 

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