American Chestnut The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree

Name: American Chestnut The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
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ISBN: 9780520247307

ISBN-10: 0520247302

ISBN-13: 9780520247307

Edition: 2007

Authors: Susan Freinkel

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The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees--a "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. But in the early twentieth century, an exotic plague swept through the chestnut forests with the force of a wildfire. Within forty years, the blight had killed close to four billion trees and left the species teetering on the brink of extinction. It was one of the worst ecological blows to North America since the Ice Age--and one most experts considered beyond repair. InAmerican Chestnut,Susan Freinkel tells the dramatic story of the stubborn optimists who refused to let this cultural icon go. In a compelling weave of history, science, and…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/19/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Map of American chestnut distribution in 1938


Introduction






Where There Are Chestnuts



A New Scourge



Let Us Not Talk about Impossibilities



A Whole World Dying






Rolling the Dice



Evil Tendencies Cancel



Let Us Plant



Chestnut 2.0



Faith in a Seed


Conclusion: the comeback


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index