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Author: Jeffrey G. Meyer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618068913 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 129
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Explains the historical stories behind such famous American trees as Johnny Appleseed's apple tree, Amelia Earhart's sugar maple, George Washington's tulip poplar, and the Gettysburg Address honey locust.
Author: Jeffrey G. Meyer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618068913 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 129
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Explains the historical stories behind such famous American trees as Johnny Appleseed's apple tree, Amelia Earhart's sugar maple, George Washington's tulip poplar, and the Gettysburg Address honey locust.
Author: Donald Culross Peattie Publisher: Trinity University Press ISBN: 1595341676 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 512
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"A volume for a lifetime" is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this one-volume edition, modern readers are introduced to one of the best nature writers of the last century. As we read Peattie's eloquent and entertaining accounts of American trees, we catch glimpses of our country's history and past daily life that no textbook could ever illuminate so vividly. Here you'll learn about everything from how a species was discovered to the part it played in our country’s history. Pioneers often stabled an animal in the hollow heart of an old sycamore, and the whole family might live there until they could build a log cabin. The tuliptree, the tallest native hardwood, is easier to work than most softwood trees; Daniel Boone carved a sixty-foot canoe from one tree to carry his family from Kentucky into Spanish territory. In the days before the Revolution, the British and the colonists waged an undeclared war over New England's white pines, which made the best tall masts for fighting ships. It's fascinating to learn about the commercial uses of various woods -- for paper, fine furniture, fence posts, matchsticks, house framing, airplane wings, and dozens of other preplastic uses. But we cannot read this book without the occasional lump in our throats. The American elm was still alive when Peattie wrote, but as we read his account today we can see what caused its demise. Audubon's portrait of a pair of loving passenger pigeons in an American beech is considered by many to be his greatest painting. It certainly touched the poet in Donald Culross Peattie as he depicted the extinction of the passenger pigeon when the beech forest was destroyed. A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century. The information is always interesting, though often heartbreaking. While Peattie looks for the better side of man's nature, he reports sorrowfully on the greed and waste that have doomed so much of America's virgin forest.
Author: Gretchen Riley Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623492386 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 190
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Famous Trees of Texas was first published in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service (now Texas A&M Forest Service), an organization created in 1915 and charged with protecting and sustaining the forests, trees, and other related natural resources of Texas. For the 100-year anniversary of TFS, the agency presents a new edition of this classic book, telling the stories of 101 trees throughout the state. Some are old friends, featured in the first edition and still alive (27 of the original 81 trees described in the first edition have died); some are newly designated, discovered as people began to recognize their age and value. All of them remain “living links” to the state’s storied past.
Author: Eric Rutkow Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439193584 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 402
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In the bestselling tradition of Michael Pollan's "Second Nature," this fascinating and unique historical work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and trees across the entire span of our nation's history.
Author: Donald Culross Peattie Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780395581742 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 628
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A detailed handbook giving clear descriptions and full historical information about the trees that grow in North America--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Author: Katharine Stanley Nicholson Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781330411841 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 135
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Excerpt from Historic American Trees "Old Trees in their living state, are treasures that money cannot buy," wrote Walter Savage Landor. Treasures, indeed, though too seldom appreciated! Intimately associated as they are in many instances with our National life as well as with local events, much of the history of America is written in the story of her trees, living or otherwise, and can be traced through a study of the part they have played in connection with its development. Diving Links in the chain of human interests that spans the centuries, such trees possess a unique historic value, and should be carefully preserved. During the preparation of this volume, gratifying proof of the widespread interest in our subject has been received by the writer. From many quarters have come helpful suggestions and valuable material, and for this kind assistance she wishes here, to make grateful acknowledgment to the various historical societies throughout the country, also to the following individuals and books: Mr. James F. Sullivan, Mrs. Margaret M. Halvey, Managing Editor of The Starry Cross; Mrs. Frederick Winslow Taylor, Air. Fred Shelton, Philadelphia; Dr. John W. Harshberger, University of Pennsylvania; Mrs. M. E. T. Chapin, Miss Sm»hia K. Scabury, Miss Alma Dunbar, Mrs. E. P. Gardner, Miss E. Frye Barker, Miss Nettie Hustis, Mr. Stewart H. Burnham, Mr. William Markham, New York State; Mr. Harold Rugg, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; Mr. Carl Bannwart, Supt. Shade Tree Commission, Newark, N. J.; Mr. Ransom Kennicott, Forester, Cook County Forest Preserve, 111.; Miss Delia Harris Maddox, Baltimore, Maryland; Mr. Lucien Lamar Knight, State Historian of Georgia; Mr. J. C. McWhorter, of West Virginia; Dr. John H. Schaffner, Ohio State University; Mr. A. C. Dart, of North Carolina; Senator George P. Morehouse, of Kansas; Mr. Robert G. Sproul, Secretary, Save the Redwoods League, California; Mr. George Himes, of Oregon; Mr. William E. Foster of Rhode Island, and others who have generously contributed information that has proved most useful in the preparation of this book. American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, Annual Reports. American Forestry Magazine, 1918-1921. "Annals of Philadelphia," by John F. Watson. "Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia," by L. V. McWhorter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: R. Bruce Allison Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society ISBN: 0870203703 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
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In Every Root an Anchor, writer and arborist R. Bruce Allison celebrates Wisconsin's most significant, unusual, and historic trees. More than one hundred tales introduce us to trees across the state, some remarkable for their size or age, others for their intriguing histories. From magnificent elms to beloved pines to Frank Lloyd Wright's oaks, these trees are woven into our history, contributing to our sense of place. They are anchors for time-honored customs, manifestations of our ideals, and reminders of our lives' most significant events. For this updated edition, Allison revisits the trees' histories and tells us which of these unique landmarks are still standing. He sets forth an environmental message as well, reminding us to recognize our connectedness to trees and to manage our tree resources wisely. As early Wisconsin conservationist Increase Lapham said, "Tree histories increase our love of home and improve our hearts. They deserve to be told and remembered."
Author: Katharine Stanley Nicholson Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781014979667 Category : Languages : en Pages : 136
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Author: Jeffrey G. Meyer
Author: Jeffrey G. Meyer
Author: Donald Culross Peattie
Author: Katharine Stanley Nicholson
Author: Gretchen Riley
Author: Eric Rutkow
Author: Donald Culross Peattie
Author: James Raymond Simmons
Author: Katharine Stanley Nicholson
Author: R. Bruce Allison
Author: Katharine Stanley Nicholson