[Sprout Lands] changed the way I think about pruning, and actually about trees in general, in the most profound way.--Margaret Roach "A Way to Garden podcast"
[Logan's] astute attentiveness and curiosity have resulted in a radiant, insightful amalgam of botany, history, travel memoir, anthropology, archaeology, philosophical meditation, and, not least, environmental ecology.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
[Logan] knows trees, and much more. Tree lovers--even those who consider pollarded trees ghastly and strange, will be drawn in by [Logan's] vast cultural and scientific references, and charmed by passages that read like prose poems.-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
A metaphor for hope in a changing world.--Barbara Kiser "Nature"
Any subject the poetical William Bryant Logan tackles is guaranteed to be rich and surprising.--Dominique Browning "New York Times Book Review"
Mindful of debts owed and fearful of a future where such wisdom is wasted, Logan speaks of these kindred spirits, both plant and human, with admiration and affection. The result is a lush and lyrical homage to the role trees play in culture, from healing and beauty to sustenance and safety.-- "Booklist"
William Bryant Logan's enthusiasm is contagious, his knowledge jaw-dropping. He has poured heart and soul into this beautiful book, his writing poetic but also practical, hopeful, brilliant. Logan is the Bernd Heinrich of trees. His work is heroic. When [Sprout Lands] ends I am an unremitting, fiendish tree nerd. I had no idea I would fall this hard.--Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
If you feel profound respect and affection for trees, maybe even a touch of awe, then you'll find a kindred spirit in William Bryant Logan.... Logan takes us around the globe to show how woodlands have supported human life, and how humans, in turn, have cared for woodlands. We are the richer for the understanding he shares with us.--Scott Russell Sanders, author of A Conservationist Manifesto
Logan's words are full of beauty, awe, and practical wisdom. At a time when forests are in crisis worldwide, his call to deeper, more intimate connection with our leafy cousins is both timely and important.--David George Haskell, author of John Burroughs Medalist The Songs of Trees and Pulitzer finalist The Forest Unseen
William Bryant Logan's vision of a world in which humans and trees work together to mutual benefit--a world that has existed in the past and can exist again in the future--is cause for deep joy, for celebration and hope.--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees