--- product_id: 8326647 title: "Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees" price: "£24.15" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Journeys across 4 continents Explores global forests First US edition Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees **Price:** £24.15 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌿 Dive deep into the soul of trees — before the forests whisper their last. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees - **How much does it cost?** £24.15 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Eco-Conscious Legacy:** Own the last work of a celebrated environmentalist, a timeless call to protect our forests. - • **Global Forest Odyssey:** Traverse Britain, Europe, Kazakhstan, and Australia through Deakin’s immersive narrative. - • **Award-Winning Reverence:** Join thousands who rated this 4.5-star gem, blending memoir, travel, and natural history. - • **Nature’s Fifth Element:** Discover wood as a living, breathing force connecting culture, soul, and environment. - • **Intimate Environmental Insight:** Experience firsthand accounts of traditional woodland practices and indigenous connections. ## Overview Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees is the final book by renowned British nature writer Roger Deakin, newly published in the US. This evocative memoir and travelogue explores the profound human connection to wood and forests across multiple continents. Praised for its poetic prose and environmental insight, it offers readers an intimate look at traditional woodland life and the urgent need to preserve our natural heritage. ## Description Here, published for the first time in the United States, is the last book by Roger Deakin, famed British nature writer and icon of the environmentalist movement. In Deakin's glorious meditation on wood, the "fifth element" -- as it exists in nature, in our culture, and in our souls -- the reader accompanies Deakin through the woods of Britain, Europe, Kazakhstan, and Australia in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with trees. Deakin lives in forest shacks, goes "coppicing" in Suffolk, swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc, and hunts bushplums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Along the way, he ferrets out the mysteries of woods, detailing the life stories of the timber beams composing his Elizabethan house and searching for the origin of the apple. As the world's forests are whittled away, Deakin's sparkling prose evokes woodlands anarchic with life, rendering each tree as an individual, living being. At once a traveler's tale and a splendid work of natural history, Wildwood reveals, amid the world's marvelous diversity, that which is universal in human experience. Review: Sweet and deep - If you have a passion for our connection to trees but not the experience of actual conversation with them Deakin will engage you as Plato in dialogues as memorable as they are true. In this grand memoir of spirit and yearning for the unobtainable, Wildwood reveals the most patient gentle and majestic creatures on earth and their unfathomable love for the human souls who thrive because of the trees and in their abundance are also destroying them. The trees have a warning for us and Deakin is their messenger. I gratefully wept when I read the final page. Review: Engaging and interesting book about forests and travel and relationships. - After reading this book, I wanted to know more; about the author, the places he wrote about and the people. It’s an exotic journey, several in fact and it really made me curious about the subject matter. I especially loved the intimate detail. No, we all can’t live this lifestyle but living it vicariously is better than nothing! ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,265,188 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,018 in Nature Writing & Essays #2,185 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #9,398 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 618 Reviews | ## Images ![Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Cpn8oibES.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sweet and deep *by J***. on April 1, 2020* If you have a passion for our connection to trees but not the experience of actual conversation with them Deakin will engage you as Plato in dialogues as memorable as they are true. In this grand memoir of spirit and yearning for the unobtainable, Wildwood reveals the most patient gentle and majestic creatures on earth and their unfathomable love for the human souls who thrive because of the trees and in their abundance are also destroying them. The trees have a warning for us and Deakin is their messenger. I gratefully wept when I read the final page. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging and interesting book about forests and travel and relationships. *by P***A on January 6, 2023* After reading this book, I wanted to know more; about the author, the places he wrote about and the people. It’s an exotic journey, several in fact and it really made me curious about the subject matter. I especially loved the intimate detail. No, we all can’t live this lifestyle but living it vicariously is better than nothing! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well written, quite intriguing *by D***Y on July 16, 2025* Really interesting exploration of landscapes, forests, natural history, with people blended throughout. It would be more meaningful if I were English rather than American -- so many of the terns would be unfamiliar to non-English readers (assart is one I happened to know, but I bet few Americans do). The details of geography would also mean more to someone familiar with the intricacies of England's physiognomy. Then again, those might be special assets of the book for anyone who like the challenge of reading along with a dictionary and map in hand! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-30*