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The Yew Tree: A Thousand Whispers: Biography of a Species by Hal Hartzell
The Yew Tree: A Thousand Whispers: Biography of a Species by Hal Hartzell
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The Yew Tree: A Thousand Whispers: Biography of a Species
by Hal Hartzell
Used, good condition
Format: PaperbackYew
Language: English
ISBN: 0938493140
ISBN13: 9780938493143
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Hulogosi Communications, Incorporated
Length: 319 Pages
Weight: 1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"
The story of the yew tree is hundreds if not thousands of years old. Who doesn't recall Robin Hood and his "bow of yew"? In several fascinating chapters, Hartzell traces the tree's history and mythology and then describes the ancient yew trees that survive in English churchyards, probably because the churches were built on pagan sites sacred to the yew tree. He also discusses the dilemma concerning the yew tree of the Pacific Northwest. Once used by Native Americans to make tools and artifacts and as a medical cure-all, it now faces extinction because its bark contains a powerful anti-cancer drug, taxol. The story of environmentalists versus industry is disturbing, but common; what is fascinating about this book is the history of the tree itself. Highly recommended as an addition to natural history or environmental collections.
- Eleanor Maass, Maass Assocs., New Milford, Pa.
- Eleanor Maass, Maass Assocs., New Milford, Pa.


