Elderflora (A Modern History of Ancient Trees) - 9781541607958

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Overview

The epic, “fascinating” (Wall Street Journal) story of the planet’s oldest trees and the making of the modern world

Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed to imperial expansion and the industrial revolution. 

Taking us from Lebanon to New Zealand to California, Farmer surveys the complex history of the world’s oldest trees, including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis. In a changing climate, a long future is still possible, Farmer shows, but only if we give care to young things that might grow old.

Winner of the 2023 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History

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Author:
Jared Farmer
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
448
Publisher:
Basic Books (October 21, 2025)
Imprint:
Basic Books
Release Date:
October 21, 2025
Language:
English
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General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781541607958
ISBN-10:
1541607953
Weight:
16oz
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5.5" x 8.25"
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