Enduring Roots : Encounters with Trees, History, and the American Landscape /
Enduring Roots tells the stories of historic American trees, including the oak, the apple, the cherry, and the oldest of the world's trees, the bristlecone pine. These stories speak of our attachment to the land, of our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the land...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
1999.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hj51p |
Sommario:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE - TAKING ROOT: THE CHARTER OAK
- CHAPTER TWO - FAMILY TREES
- CHAPTER THREE - APPLES: CORE ISSUES
- CHAPTER FOUR - THREE CHERRIES
- CHAPTER FIVE - RETURNING NATIVES
- CHAPTER SIX - THE TREE THAT OWNED ITSELF
- CHAPTER SEVEN - METHUSELAH'S WALK
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- About the author