Trees & Forests of America

by Tim Palmer

Overview

Trees & Forests of America is an unprecedented collection of 200 stunning photographs by award-winning author Tim Palmer. Along with breath-taking images, his expressive text celebrates the exquisite beauty of nature and explains why trees and forests are important to all life. In this remarkable volume of unaltered photos it is easy to get lost in sunbeams shining through green canopies or in the sky-reaching rise of the largest living organisms on earth.

Here the author of Abrams’ highly acclaimed Rivers of America continues to document and capture the beauty of America from one coast to the other as he treks, skis, and paddles to some of our most remote woodlands as well as to those at the edges of towns and cities. This lavish book is sure to inspire readers to more fully appreciate trees and forests everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810972940
Publisher:	Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2008
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,114,540
Product dimensions:	10.80(w) x 11.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Tim Palmer has been a writer, photographer, conservationist, speaker, and consultant on behalf of the environment since 1970. He has received the National Outdoor Book Award, the Independent Publishers Book Award, and the Director’s Award from the National Park Service. His California Wild won the Benjamin Franklin Award as the best book on nature and the environment in 2005. He has written and photographed nineteen books, including Rivers of America, and lives in Port Orford, Oregon.

Editorial Reviews

In photographer Palmer's previous book, Rivers of America, his chief creative and technical problem involved the capture of flowing water; now, his challenge concerns subjects very large and very still. Palmer travels the length and breadth of the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska) to gather his images of native trees and covers eight forest regions in all seasons, mostly in undisturbed areas like national parks or reserves. Palmer has a passion for the biggest, oldest specimens: redwoods, Douglas firs, yews, tulip trees, and oaks. How do you fit something so large into the frame? Palmer has some amazing solutions to the problem. Several of the best photos, not surprisingly for one who has spent so much time exploring and thinking about rivers, are those in riparian settings. The photographs, of course, are of primary interest in this book, but Palmer's text reveals a similar reverence for his subject. Palmer's goal of inspiring his readers "to go out and see these wondrous landscapes for themselves" is, without doubt, well met. In the finest tradition of the coffee-table genre, the photographs assembled here allow plenty of room for the eye to roam, making this a nice addition to collections where interest in nature photography is strong.
—Robert Eagan

Library Journal