--- product_id: 8326647 title: "Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees" brand: "roger deakin" price: "NZ$61" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees **Brand:** roger deakin **Price:** NZ$61 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by roger deakin - **How much does it cost?** NZ$61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees) ## Best For - roger deakin enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted roger deakin brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Cpn8oibES.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging and interesting book about forests and travel and relationships. *by P***A on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2023* After reading this book, I wanted to know more; about the author, the places he wrote about and the people. It’s an exotic journey, several in fact and it really made me curious about the subject matter. I especially loved the intimate detail. No, we all can’t live this lifestyle but living it vicariously is better than nothing! ### ⭐⭐⭐ Cosy Coppice *by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2010* In the very early goings of this book (p.9), author Deakin, in describing the "bothy" that his father built for him as a lad when he was about six, writes: "Thoreau would have approved of the name we gave it: `Cosy Cabin' emblazoned on a tin sign above the door." Would he have indeed? Readers familiar with Thoreau know that there is nothing at all "cosy" about him and his writing. Sorry, but Deakin is not anywhere near a modern Thoreau, more like an anti-Thoreau in point of fact - despite "professional" reviewers claims to the contrary and the fact that Thoreau is the writer whose name is most often invoked by Deakin. Thoreau was a misanthrope. Deakin loves company. Deakin delights in the wild, open spaces - once he departs England where - to be blunt - they don't exist. Thoreau spent a night in gaol because, in part, of his objection to The Mexican War and proffers a deep, meditation on that institution in "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience." Deakin visits a woodworking family and watches the Iraq war on the telly. But the essential difference, why Walden is great literature and Wildwood is not, is that Walden is filled with deep introspective insights that resonate with any poetic reader, whether he or she lives in town or country. Wildwood is stuffed with very interesting information: about trees and old customs and folkways of all sorts, woodworking, moths, walnuts, the "ur-apple," and on and on. At the end of Walden, the similarly attuned reader feels he knows Thoreau's heart and soul. At the end of Wildwood, I don't feel I know anything about Deakin at all, except that he liked trees and liked to hang around with people who liked trees as well.There are some worthwhile things here: "The Moth Wood" chapter is surely the most entrancing of the book. But, essentially, this book is best described as a chummy eco-tour of certain places and their flora and fauna. If this is all you wish from the book, it will not disappoint. If you're searching for something more profound, keep searching or perhaps re-read Walden; though from the few reviews here, I have a suspicion that none of the readers have read Walden in the first place.The last lines from Robert Frost's poem, "A Tree at My Window" kept recurring to me whilst reading this rambling account:"That day she put our heads together,Fate had her imagination about her,Your head so much concerned with outer,Mine with inner, weather."Deakin's head is very much concerned with outer weather. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blown away *by B***A on Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2010* My husband said, "Read this book,you will love it." He could not have been more right. I do not know when I have read a book I loved more than this journey around the world of trees. Having grown up in the Midwest, in a little Iowa town full of maple trees and river bottoms, I was so at home in this book I cried when I read the last page. I travel in Britain, particularly Wales, when I can, and have been in some of the ancient groves. I once walked a footpath through the woods near Stackpole, and got so thoroughly lost that when I emerged on a road hours later, it was a terrible shock. I had been in the world of trees. Deakin took me back to that place so thoroughly, that one night at about 3:00 I stopped reading and was surprised to find myself on my couch in front of the fire, I had been so immersed in the walnut trees of Kyrgystan. Roger Deakin is no longer on this earth, but these works of his will endure in the genre of nature writing forever. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/8326647-wildwood-a-journey-through-trees) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-04-28*