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Author:

Greer, Germaine, 1939- author.

Title:

White beech : the rainforest years / Germaine Greer.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 370 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Greer, Germaine,--1939---Homes and haunts--Queensland, South East.--Queensland, South East.
Rain forests--Queensland, South East.--Queensland, South East.
Rain forests--Conservation and restoration--Queensland, South East.--Queensland, South East.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-353) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- The tree -- Eden -- Desert -- The bird -- The forest -- The traditional owners -- The pioneer -- Timber -- Cream -- Bloody botanists -- Bananas -- Nuts -- The inhabitants : non-furry -- The inhabitants : furry -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"One bright day in December 2001, 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."--Dust jacket.

ISBN:

162040611X
9781620406113

OCLC:

(OCoLC)878953257

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)