Connor shows us New England trees evolving amidst a succession of human cultures, from Archaic Indians who crafted canoes from white birch and snowshoes from ash, to colonists who built ships of oak and pine, to industrialists who laid railroad tracks on chestnut timber, to tanners who used hemlock bark to treat shoe leather for the Union army.
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Connor shows us New England trees evolving amidst a succession of human cultures, from Archaic Indians who crafted canoes from white birch and snowshoes from ash, to colonists who built ships of oak and pine, to industrialists who laid railroad tracks on chestnut timber, to tanners who used hemlock bark to treat shoe leather for the Union army.
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Seller's Description:
Black White and Color Illustrations. Very Good. 4to. 1st Printing. Includes frame worthy color prints. Text in great clean tight strong condition. Covers strong and tight Endpapers show wear spots. Not first rank for collector still very good.
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Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 274 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "Taking us back to the birth of New England's forests, the author shows us these trees evolving amidst a succession of human cultures. In this engaging narrative, cultural history affords insights into forestry, botany, horitculture, and ecology, which in turn illuminate the course of human conduct in a wooded land." FINE SOFTCOVER.
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Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION-GOODprice clipped, Some wear/discolouration/marks to jacket, light spotting to top fore edge, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 312 p. Contains: Illustrations.
