Carl_Bergstrom

I have a copy, though I haven't finished reading it - I'm "saving" it while working through some other less treasured material. I know, sounds crazy...oh well.

Anyway, it seems like a really excellent book. I can't compare it to the Maples book, because I still haven't found a copy of that. But it does a wonderful job of stepping through several kinds of deciduous tees and coniferous trees - beeches and hornbeams, elm and zelkova, juniper and cryptomeria. This is just the first half of the book; for the second half, Peter goes through case histories for 16 trees divided into three "stages": development of mass, structure and form, and refinement of image. All is done with typical Adams flair and with wonderful sketches throughout.

It's well worth the $20 I paid for it; probably worth quite a bit more than that actually.

Best regards,
Old Mister

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