Description
The Lost Elms By Mandy Haggith is a profound meditation on a tree we've nearly lost. For millennia, elms graced our landscapes and captured our imagination through folklore and poetry.
Today, Dutch elm disease has devastated populations across Europe and North America, leaving few who have ever witnessed a mature elm in full majesty.
This is both an elegy and a testament to resilience. Haggith weaves together the urgent work of scientists fighting to understand and halt the disease's spread, the latest discoveries about elms' intricate relationships with other species, and a lyrical exploration of their deep significance in our history, mythology, and cultural memory.
Yet there is reason for hope. Recent breakthroughs reveal elms possess far greater strength and adaptability than previously believed.
Their slow, determined recovery offers us something precious - a powerful lesson in persistence that extends far beyond a single species, pointing toward how we might protect and restore what we've endangered.
"A captivating book." Independent.
"Her enthusiasm is contagious." Guardian.
Paperback 304 pages.
Approx: 12.9 x 19.8 cm.