Today, four-fifths of Americans live in or near urban areas, surrounded by millions of trees of hundreds of different species. But in her new book Urban Forests, Jill Jonnes explains how they make them safer as well.? ?Sara Begley, Time Magazine A celebration of urban trees and the Americans?presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists, scientists, nurserymen, and tree nerds?whose arboreal passions have shaped and ornamented the nation?s cities, from Jefferson?s day to the present As nature?s largest and longest-lived creations, trees play an extraordinarily important role in our cities they are living landmarks that define space, cool the air, soothe our psyches, and connect us to nature and our past. An authoritative account.? ?Gerard Helferich, The Wall Street Journal ?We all know that trees can make streets look prettier. ?Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.? ?Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction?Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for America?s city trees over the past two centuries.

Urban Forests by Jill Jonnes