Author: Ralph MannPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804711364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
After the Gold Rush
Author: Ralph MannPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804711364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Catalogue of the Library of the Minnesota Historical Society
Author: Minnesota Historical Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
The American Chestnut
Author: Donald Edward DavisPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820369500
Category : History
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.
Journal
Author: California. LegislaturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Author: Tercentenary Handlist of English & Welsh Newspapers, Magazines & Reviews ...
Author: Roland AustinPublisher: London : Dawsons of Pall Mall
ISBN:
Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Journals
Author: Canada. Legislature. Legislative AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Lost Creeks
Author: Alexander Lawrence PoseyPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803224710
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873 1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey s journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the journals and also provides abundant contextual information. This volume enriches and personalizes the legacy of this remarkable Native writer and provides new insight into the beginnings of twentieth-century Native intellectual, political, and literary movements and traditions.
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