London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Acclaimed historian Thomas Pakenham trains his lens on the most mysterious of trees, the baobab, with spectacular results. His search for the world's most striking baobabs has lead him over the last eight years on a trail from sub-Saharan Africa to Madagascar and Australia, the Caribbean, and the United States. Pakenham records his personal encounters with these mysterious giants, tracing their mythologies, their natural grandeur, and their origins, as well as their chances of survival in an uncertain environment.