Green Gold is a biographical fiction novel based on a true story told by Gabriel Hemery: a contemporary tree-hunter, forest scientist and author of the award-winning The New Sylva.
Green Gold will be produced by crowd-funding publishers Unbound. Readers can pledge their support and follow the book in the making.
A number of ‘Rewards’ are available in return for a pledge of support. Every supporter will receive a copy of the book with their name (or a dedicated name) printed in its pages. Pledge more and you could choose from a talk by the author, an invitation to a launch event, a private view of an unique exhibition, or a guided walk.
"The Revenant (Michael Punke) meets The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wild)"
In 1850 young Scottish tree-hunter John Jeffrey is despatched by an elite group of Victorian subscribers to seek highly-prized exotic tree species in North America.
An early letter home tells of a 1,200 mile transcontinental journey on foot. Later, tantalising botanical samples arrive from British Columbia, Oregon and California, yet early promise soon withers. Three years after setting out John Jeffrey disappears without a trace. Was he lost to love, violence or the Gold Rush?
The secrets of this extraordinary adventure lie in his precious journals which remained lost, until their discovery and reproduction, 160 years later, in 2018.
Credits:
Gabriel Hemery