Stunning photography and lively storytelling portray the life and works of Dan Robinson, an American bonsai pioneer.
This is a newly released, elegant, oversized, hardcover book of 292 pages. Entertaining and inspirational, the text tells of Dan's development as an American bonsai pioneer, while stunning photos decorate the pages throughout, bringing to life Dan's story as "The Picasso of Bonsai." Will Hiltz has written and published the book, and he and Victrinia Ridgeway have joined together in the photography. Walter Pall provides an appealing Foreword.
This book has been eight years in the making. It is mostly a jumble of thoughts written down in old spiral notebooks and hidden in the bottom drawer underneath various manuals for software packages and hardware long since turned obsolete.
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