Charlotte Gill

Teoksen Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe tekijä

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Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe (2011) 153 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika: 1972
Sukupuoli: female
Kansalaisuus: Canada
Syntymäpaikka: London, Ontario, Canada
Asuinpaikat: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Ammatit: tree planter
Writing teacher
Organisaatiot: University of British Columbia
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset: British Columbia Book Award for Non fiction

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Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with… Tekijä: Charlotte Gill

Read for Science/Nature challenge.
I thought this was very good. The quality wasn't completely sustained all through the book & it got a little diffuse and repetitive; and the out-of-sequence narration towards the end was a bit confusing. But still very good.

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franoscar | 11 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 21, 2023 |

Eating Dirt, Deep Forests, Big Timber and Life with… Tekijä: Charlotte Gill

Good read and interesting story of a lady who spent 20 years planting trees in British Columbia. As a forester, I found it very interesting.

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Ciberpine | 11 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Dec 13, 2022 |

Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with… Tekijä: Charlotte Gill

A season in the life of a professional tree-planter in British Columbia. Charlotte Gill writes with the skill and talent of John McPhee, interweaving science and history with her narrative in masterfully descriptive prose. I highly recommend it.

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kvrfan | 11 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 19, 2016 |

Eating dirt : deep forests, big timber and life with… Tekijä: Charlotte Gill

An excellent book about the intrepid tree-planters of British Columbia who spend most of the year in the clear-cut forests. My image of a clear-cut was of a grim area bereft of beauty, yet Gill saw beauty everywhere despite the "permadirt" ingrained in a tree-planter's skin. In addition to describing the people who take on this relentlessly back-breaking work, she talks about forests and forestry with expertise. Her writing is beautifully poetic in places and deserving of all the accolades received.… (lisätietoja)