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9780253343086
First published in 1939 and long out of print, this beautifully imaginative book is a classic of nature writing. Tracing the evolution of plant life from the appearance of the earliest micro-organisms to the rise of the modern floras, the book is part natural history, part biography, and part philosophical reflection.Peattie, Donald C. is the author of 'Flowering Earth', published 1991 under ISBN 9780253343086 and ISBN 0253343089.
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