'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms by Naoko Abe

'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms

Naoko Abe

380 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative slow-paced
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Collingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became known as 'Cherry' for his defining obsession. As a young man, he travelled to Japan and learned of the astonishing displays of cherry blossoms, or sakura. On a return visit in 1926, Ingram witnessed frig...

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