William Bryant Logan

William Bryant Logan is a practicing arborist and the author of four acclaimed books on nature: Sprout Lands, Dirt, Oak, and Air. He is on the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

William Bryant Logan

William Bryant Logan is a practicing arborist and the author of four acclaimed books on nature: Sprout Lands, Dirt, Oak, and Air. He is on the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Awards

Winner — John Burroughs Medal, 2021

Books by William Bryant Logan

  • Oak: The Frame of Civilization

    William Bryant Logan

    Paperback, 2006

    "A dazzling book, full of knowledge and rare wisdom, too" —Thomas Pakenham, author of Remarkable Trees of the World
  • Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

    William Bryant Logan

    Paperback, 2007

    "A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
  • Air: The Restless Shaper of the World

    William Bryant Logan

    Paperback, 2013

    In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air....

  • Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

    William Bryant Logan

    Hardback, 2019

    Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.
  • Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

    William Bryant Logan

    Paperback, 2020

    Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.
  • Oak: The Frame of Civilization

    William Bryant Logan

    E Book, 2011

    "A dazzling book, full of knowledge and rare wisdom, too" —Thomas Pakenham, author of Remarkable Trees of the World
  • Air: The Restless Shaper of the World

    William Bryant Logan

    E Book, 2012

    In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air....

  • Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

    William Bryant Logan

    E Book, 2014

    "A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
  • Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

    William Bryant Logan

    E Book, 2019

    Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.