Tobin Mitnick is an actor, comedian, and naturalist, widely known as [...] on social media, where he has over 400,000 followers across platforms, has attracted attention from Wired Magazine (Best TikToks of 2020), the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and other publications for his combination of Mitnick’s love for trees, comedy, and sketch.

For Mitnick, there are infinite ways to appreciate trees; from their rich historical and religious significance, to their critical presence in our future, to their superlative size and age, and even the strange and sometimes hilarious ways that human beings have chosen to interact with them. But while trees are an all-encompassing feature in his own life, he’d like for them to be a small part of everyone’s.

He is an avid runner and marathoner, bonsai practitioner, and Universal Classic Horror Movie enthusiast. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Amanda, and daughter, Lucy.

Introduction
What You Can Expect from This Book
Prologue
An Imagined Dialogue
with Methuselah, the
Oldest (?) Tree in the World 8
Part I
My Personal Experience with Trees
and Thoughts Derived Thereof
CHAPTER 1
My Everyday Tree-Sperience
CHAPTER 2
“Arbor-Culture”
CHAPTER 3
Bonsai — a Wonderful
Way to Torture Oneself
CHAPTER 4
Around the House and Neighborhood
CHAPTER 5
Look on My Pine Cone Home,
Ye Mighty, and Despair!
CHAPTER 6
Climate Change and Trees
Part II
A Tree, Basically
CHAPTER 7
Tree Botany
CHAPTER 8
Tree Biology
CHAPTER 9
Tree Ecology
Part III
A Slightly Opinionated Guide
to North American Trees
CHAPTER 10
Spotting Your Tree Pals at the Big
Game: How to Use the Tree Guide
CHAPTER 11
Gymnosperms
CHAPTER 12
Angiosperms
CHAPTER 13
UNPOPULAR TREE OPINION: These
Two Beloved Trees Are Not Trees
Epilogue
An Imagined Dialogue Between
Myself and a Magnolia Tree
Glossary
References and Further Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author