{"product_id":"the-heart-of-the-woods-9780711289246","title":"The Heart of the Woods","description":"\u003cb\u003eJust as a parent leaves a legacy to their child, a tree leaves a legacy to its surroundings. A deep and explorative companion piece to the Roger Deakin Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Draw of The Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout history, trees have determined the tools we use, the boats we build, the stories we tell about the world and ourselves, the songs we sing, and some of our most important rituals. As such, our lives are intertwined with those of the trees and woodlands around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this journey deep into the woods, Wyl Menmuir travels the length and breadth of Britain and Ireland to \u003cb\u003emeet the people who plant trees, the ecologists who study them, those who shape beautiful objects and tools from wood, and those who use them to help others\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wyl also explores how \u003cb\u003eour relationship with trees is enduring, now and in the future\u003c\/b\u003e - what we get out of spending time around trees, the ways in which our relationship with them has changed over time, and the ways in which our future is interconnected with theirs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in close collaboration with makers, crafters, bodgers, and woodsmen and women in order to better understand the woods they know so well, the joys and frustrations of working with a living material, and the stories of their craft and skills, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of The Woods \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight anyone who enjoys walking among the trees, and anyone who, when lost, has found themselves in the woods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapters include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WOODLAND PLANTER: A woodland in becoming and an ancient yew grove on the border of North Wales and England \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e RITUAL WEAVER: Willow coffin making in Cornwall \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WOODLORE GATHERER: Science among the trees at Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HEARTWOOD CARVER: Among the bodgers in a field outside Cambridge \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e BOAT BUILDER: A woodland community in the heart of Glasgow's former docklands \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LANDSCAPE SHAPER: Re-wilding the Scottish Highlands and an organised trespass in Devon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WISH WEARER: The clootie well at Munlochy on The Black Isle, Scottish Highlands, a family tree on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, and the tree at Sycamore Gap, Northumbria \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FOREST BATHER: Swimming at Swallowship Pool, Devil's Water, and Letah Woods Northumberland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e MYTH WALKER: Walks in the fictional woods at Wenlock Edge, Shropshire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WAY FOLLOWER: Traditional carpentry in Takayama, Japan \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FIRE LIGHTER: The stories we find among the flames and embers, Ennistymon, Ireland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e SOUND CREATOR: A pub on Ireland's west coast and a guitar-builder in North Wales \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e APPLE WAILER: Wassailing in Cornwall \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e TREE WORSHIPPER: An ancient yew grove in North Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aurum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780711289246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs","brand":"Wyl Menmuir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241223549109,"sku":"9780711289246","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3d1148f7-d4d3-4f1b-8c2f-a0bb9bb60dbb.jpg?v=1717472138","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heart-of-the-woods-9780711289246","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}