Jack’s Yak

Jack’s Yak’ is far more than a book about trees. It is also a fascinating, entertaining and informative book about life and is beautifully illustrated throughout with the work of the highly acclaimed photographer Val Corbett. Val’s work for this book is something else and, apart from all the illustrations for specific trees, she has been given a special chapter in Jack’s Yak’ for a variety of other work, all related to trees. And finally, the book’s title comes from the oak tree of that name on the Lowther estate, yak being Cumbrian dialect for oak. Who Jack was remains a mystery.