The American Chestnut : An Environmental History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Donald Edward.

Series:

Wormsloe Foundation Nature Bks.

Wormsloe Foundation Nature Bks. ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American chestnut.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2021.

Summary:

"'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."-- Amazon.ca

Contents:

pt. One Chestnuts on the Move

ch. 1 The Evolutionary History of the Species

pt. Two Chestnut Encounters

ch. 2 The Seasonal Bounty of Nuts and Acorns

ch. 3 Wherever There Are Mountains

ch. 4 The Most Celebrated Hunting Grounds

ch. 5 Cash Will Be Paid If Delivered Soon

ch. 6 Placed There by a Quadruped or Bird

ch. 7 Along All Prominent Thoroughfares

pt. Three Chestnut Decline

ch. 8 The Wonder and Admiration of All

ch. 9 To Maintain the Balance of Nature

ch. 10 Grandfather Had Lived in a Log

ch. 11 A National Calamity

pt. Four Chestnut Revival

ch. 12 Genes for Blight Resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8203-6046-5

9780820360461

OCLC:

1285489304