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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Anybody read this book: Yew, a History
« on: August 02, 2013, 03:31:32 pm »
I came across this book online,  Yew: A History - By Fred Hageneder.  Has anybody read it?  What did you think? 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

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Re: Anybody read this book: Yew, a History
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2013, 07:19:55 pm »
Never heard of it. Is it good?
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Re: Anybody read this book: Yew, a History
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2013, 07:24:02 pm »
Don't know, that is what I am wondering myself ;)  Surely somebody here has given it a flip-through.
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso