Valerie Belsey is a highway historian. Her first book on the subject of green lanes, The Green Lanes of England, which is primarily concerned with their history, is also still in print. She is also the author of Devon Roads and Cornwall Roads, as well as short stories, poems and plays on environmental topics. The intention of this book is to present evidence of our deep cultural need for trees and woods and to inspire people to take care of them. If we are to nourish more than our prosaic needs we need their longevity, their beauty, their generosity.
Trees stand for nature and culture.
We shall stand or fall with them. This anthology, which was first published in 1989 by Bristol Classical Press, is the third and final volume in our series co-published with Common Ground.