The Green Trees Beyond

by R.D. Lawrence

RD Lawrence’s autobiography tells the story of his birth at sea in 1921, and early childhood in Spain, his teenage fighting role in the Spanish Civil War, his enlistment in the British Army and subsequent rescue at Dunkirk, followed by his wounding in North Africa and again in Normandy. During his long recovery his childhood love for nature was resurrected, and driven by that passion he immigrated to Canada to spend a lifetime devoted to nurturance, not warRD Lawrence was a literary icon and a champion of environmental issues. Lawrence was an inveterate wanderer, who explored Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast, and wrote eloquently about his adventures.He was a field biologist, journalist, wildlife rehabilitator, a superb storyteller and an award-winning author, published internationally. Lawrence and his wife Sharon owned a wilderness property in the Haliburton Highlands in Ontario, Canada where they raised, rehabilitated and released injured and orphaned wildlife.

405 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 21, 2021

About the author

R.D. Lawrence was a Canadian naturalist and wildlife author. Born aboard ship in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain on September 12, 1921, he moved to Canada in 1954. RD Lawrence died of Alzheimer's on November 27, 2003 in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

RD Lawrence's many books are published in 26 countries and 15 languages and take us to animal habitats far from humans; to the boreal forests of North America alive with puma, beaver, bear, timber wolves and eagles, to the frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest where orcas thrive, and to the sharks of the Red Sea.