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ISBN: 9781982114732
Published: Scribner - December 1st, 2020
An absolutely fascinating examination of the chronically understated role of wood in shaping human society. The Age of Wood takes us from the first primitive tools of our distant ancestors, to the great wooden ships and edifices of empires around the world, to the modern ramifications of deforestation and climate change. Ennos demonstrates a broad understanding not only of plant biology and woodworking, but of politics, physiology, chemistry, and anthropology. This is a sweeping history in the style of Jared Diamond or Yuval Noah Harari, and should not be missed. ~ Reviewed by Digby Baker-Porazinski