Enduring roots : encounters with trees, history and the American landscape / Gayle Brandow Samuels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samuels, Gayle Brandow.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--United States--Folklore.

Trees.

Trees--Environmental aspects.

Trees--Symbolic aspects.

United States.

Trees--Symbolic aspects--United States.

Trees--Environmental aspects--United States.

Landscape assessment--United States.

Landscape assessment.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xv, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Trees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations this planet has to offer. With their shade-giving, arching branches and their complex root systems, trees represent shelter, stability, place, and community as few other living objects can.

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 trees speak of our attachment to the land, satisfy our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the landscape is a gift, to be both received and, sometimes, to be taken away.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Taking Root: The Charter Oak 3

Chapter 2 Family Trees 23

Chapter 3 Apples: Core Issues 39

Chapter 4 Three Cherries 65

Chapter 5 Returning Natives 91

Chapter 6 The Tree That Owned Itself 117

Chapter 7 Methuselah's Walk 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-189) and index.

ISBN:

081352721X

OCLC:

40820937