White beech
Subtitle: the rainforest years
By: Germaine Greer
Edition: Paperback edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781408846735
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Rain forest conservation
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 their fate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-353) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Abbreviations; 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; title: Works Cited; title: Acknowledgements; title: Index.