White beech
Subtitle: the rainforest years
By: Germaine Greer
Edition: 1st U.S. edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781620406113
Subjects: Rain forests; Homes and haunts; Rain forest conservation; Homes
Description: "One bright day in December 2001, sixty-two-year-old Germaine Greer found herself confronted by an irresistible challenge in the shape of sixty hectares of dairy farm, one of many in south-east Queensland that, after a century of logging, clearing and downright devastation, had been abandoned to its fate."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-353) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The tree; title: Eden; title: Desert; title: The bird; title: The forest; title: The traditional owners; title: The pioneer; title: Timber; title: Cream; title: Bloody botanists; title: Bananas; title: Nuts; title: The inhabitants : non-furry; title: The inhabitants : furry; title: Epilogue.