OLIVE: Tree of Civilization.

Author: Train, John. Photography by Mark E. Smith
Country: Massachusetts
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 96
Illustrations: 108 Color Illustrations. 10 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 1851494731
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6199

Price: $29.50

This book explores and brings to life the olive’s glorious past, with chapters on the fruit’s role in mythology, religion and ancient civilization. It takes the reader on a tour of cultivation sites and illuminates the intricate culture of the olive oil. Lovely illustrations of nature, human labor, tools and art accompany the text, revealing the olive in all its hues and guises.