The Man Who Planted Trees (Anniversary) (20TH ed.) by Jean Giono Lord Byron " the words and poetry

" the words and poetry of the greatest playwright and poet spring to life on the page

' - Caroline Anderson

From ferns and flowers to seascapes and songbirds

author of Underland

or Francis of Assisi to Wendell Berry

The Man Who Planted Trees (Anniversary) (20TH ed.) by Jean Giono Lord Byron " the words and poetryTwenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition of The Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence in the south of France. The result was a total transformation of the landscape from one devoid of life, with miserable, contentious inhabitants, to one