Welcome to Trees and Humans, Winter 2009

How to get started:

Here are the books you should buy for Winter Quarter.  If you want
to get a head start reading over Winter Break, we suggest that you
choose one of the longer novels (Sometimes a Great Notion or The Other).

  • David Guterson. The Other. Alfred Knopf
  • Italo Calvino. The Baron in the Trees. Harcourt.
  • Nalini Nadkarni Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections with Trees. University of California Press
  • Mark Plotkin. Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice. Penguin Books
  • Ken Kesey. Sometimes a Great Notion. Bantam Books
  • Tracy Kidder. House. Avon Books
  • Hilary Stewart. Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians. University of Washington Press
  • Peter Thomas. Trees. University of Cambridge Press
  • David Suzuki and W. Grady. Tree: A Life Story. Greystone Books.

The first class meeting will be Mon. Jan. 5, 9:30 am, Sem2 C1107. Check back here for more information about the first week of class, Jan. 5-9