When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy Alexandra Vasti this book includes a tear

this book includes a tear sheet of twelve holiday cards and festive foil on the cover

this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane

A lovely mix of realistic and fantastical

It's January 2020

When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy Alexandra Vasti this book includes a tearHow the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated