Oliver Rackham
Dr Oliver Rackham was a botanist and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and pasture. THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE won the 1986 Angel Literary Award, the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Prize and the Natural World Book of the Year Award.
Dr Oliver Rackham was a botanist and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and pasture. THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE won the 1986 Angel Literary Award, the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Prize and the Natural World Book of the Year Award. See less
Oliver Rackham's Featured Books
Oliver Rackham book reviews
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The Illustrated History of the Countryside
How the British Countryside Evolved:
by Elijay, Oct 30, 2008
Barely an acre of our land is in its prehistoric state. This book shows how woods, fields ponds and heath grew up alongside mankind; how they were used, and how historical documents as well as the ... Read More
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The Making of the Cretan Landscape
Another Classic by Rackham
by JohnL, Sep 18, 2008
Like all of Rackham?s works, this is a classic.
Despite the title?s insistence on the Cretan landscape, this book is nothing more or less than a complete natural history of Crete, with the human ... Read More
