![]() ![]() ![]() (BTW - I recently learned those two words and jotted them down, and now look-they came in handy!). ![]() ![]() Hello Select your address Kindle Store Hello, sign in. However, if you are a nemophilist (a haunter of woods one who loves the forest and its beauty and solitude) or are addicted to waldeinsankeit (the feeling of being alone in the woods), you will probably like this book very much indeed. The Wood (English Journeys Book 2) eBook : Collis, John Stewart: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store. Recommended for: most people won't want to read a book so utterly lacking in story. The 108 pages of this book are an excerpt from his book The Worm Forgives the Plough. Just a collection of thoughts and observations. Although I enjoyed this in general, I could only read a few pages at a time because there is no narrative whatsoever, and really no characters either. This is a short collection of his musings from that time-mostly about the work he did, but also on nature and forests, and also a few on people. His assignment included thinning the forest and cutting ash trees (an internet search suggests these were used in making airplane wings). Author of The worm forgives the plough, Marriage and genius, Wood, The triumph of the tree, Farewell to Argument, The Triumph of the Tree (Explorer Books) John Stewart Collis Open Library It looks like youre offline. During WWII, John Stewart Collis (who was 40 at the time and a WWI veteran) managed a forest in Dorset as his job in the land army. ![]()
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