Wood: craft, culture, history

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We build our houses with it, burn it for warmth, carve it for beauty, sail in it, sit on it, play with it, and fight with ityet how much do we really understand about the history and culture of wood? In this rich and fascinating book, Harvey Green examines how wood in all its variety of form and function has contributed to an extraordinary range of human endeavors.

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