Author: Donald Edward Davis
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820360465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.
The American Chestnut
Author: Donald Edward Davis
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820360465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820360465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.
Modern Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings
Author: Bartlett Jere Whiting
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A collection of British and American proverbs that are currently in use.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A collection of British and American proverbs that are currently in use.
The City Record
Author: New York (N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
Annual Index of the Reports of Plant Chemistry
Year Book, Trotting and Pacing
Author: United States Trotting Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horse-racing
Languages : en
Pages : 2328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horse-racing
Languages : en
Pages : 2328
Book Description
The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm, 1857-1979
Author: Lucy Lawliss
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architectural projects
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architectural projects
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Trotting and Pacing Guide
Agriculture Handbook
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
The Years of Youth: Kent State University, 1910-1960
Author: Phillip Raymond Shriver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Sports
Author: Frank Grant Menke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description