Cradle of Forestry in America : The Biltmore Forest School Of 1893-1913.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schenck, Carl Alwin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.

Forests and forestry.

Conservation of natural resources.

Local Subjects:

Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Forest History Society, Incorporated, 1955.

Summary:

Dr.Carl Alwin Schenck, a forester born and educated in Germany, arrived in America in April 1895 to manage the 125,000-acre forest on George W.Vanderbilt's famed Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, celebrated today as the Cradle of Forestry in America.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Editor's Preface

An Appreciation

Contents

List of Illustrations

Dedication

1. Background for a New World

2. Sir Dietrich Brandis

3. Biltmore, U.S.A., 1895

4. Profile of Pisgah Forest

5. The Dam on Big Creek

6. The Cloudy Dawn of Private Forestry

7. The Germ of a Forest School

8. The Pinkbeds and The Mountaineers

9. A Trip to Minnesota

10. A Mistress Arrives at Biltmore

11. Random Journeys

12. Some Notables Who Came to Biltmore

13. Foresters, Beware!

14. The Year of Upturn

15. The Parting of Ways With Pinchot

16. A Portent of Coming Events

17. Reverses at Biltmore

18. A Visit from Peter Thomson

19. "Try to Sell Pisgah Forest

20. The Biltmore Forest Festival

21. Last Days at Biltmore

22. The Odyssey of the Biltmore Forest School

23. A Farewell Message to My Biltmore Boys

Some Publications by the Author

Index.

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ISBN:

1-4696-9953-2