Roger Deakin

Roger Deakin was an English writer and celebrated environmentalist. Waterlog , the only book he published in his lifetime, became a UK bestseller, and founded the wild swimming movement. He also authored two other acclaimed works of nonfiction: Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees and Notes From Walnut Tree Farm . Deakin lived in Suffolk, England, and died there in 2006.

Roger Deakin was an English writer and celebrated environmentalist. Waterlog , the only book he published in his lifetime, became a UK bestseller, and founded the wild swimming movement. He also authored two other acclaimed works of nonfiction: Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees and Notes From Walnut Tree Farm . Deakin lived in Suffolk, England, and died there in 2006. See less