Fenland: Its Ancient Past and Uncertain Future

by Harry Godwin

Book Overview

The features so characteristic of the Fenland, its flatness, its flooding, its vast stretches of silt land and black peat, its drainage channels, meres, buried forests, abundant water fowl and aquatic plants, its special crops, all relate to the special conditions in which the Fenland was formed and ultimately was taken over by man. This is the story, by one of the active participants, of how the researches of natural scientists, biologists, geologists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521103398
• ISBN13: 9780521103398
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"