LEADER 04428nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910461794503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-585-31062-9 010 $a1-283-59320-3 010 $a9786613905659 010 $a0-8135-5608-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813556086 035 $a(CKB)2670000000232839 035 $a(EBL)979591 035 $a(OCoLC)804665159 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149061 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10009428 035 $a(PQKB)11146841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC979591 035 $a(OCoLC)45731979 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21414 035 $a(DE-B1597)530291 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813556086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL979591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583945 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390565 035 $a(OCoLC)1163878958 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000232839 100 $a19990208d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnduring roots$b[electronic resource] $eencounters with trees, history, and the American landscape /$fGayle Brandow Samuels 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-2721-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-189) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tCHAPTER ONE ? TAKING ROOT: THE CHARTER OAK -- $tCHAPTER TWO ? FAMILY TREES -- $tCHAPTER THREE ? APPLES: CORE ISSUES -- $tCHAPTER FOUR ? THREE CHERRIES -- $tCHAPTER FIVE ? RETURNING NATIVES -- $tCHAPTER SIX ? THE TREE THAT OWNED ITSELF -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN ? METHUSELAH?S WALK -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX -- $tAbout the author 330 $aTrees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations on earth. From their shade-giving, arching branches and strikingly diverse bark to 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 stories speak of our attachment to the land, of our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the landscape is a gift, to be both received and, sometimes, tragically, to be destroyed. Each chapter of this book focuses on a specific tree or group of trees and its relationship to both natural and human history, while exploring themes of community, memory, time, and place. Readers learn that colonial farmers planted marker trees near their homes to commemorate auspicious events like the birth of a child, a marriage, or the building of a house. They discover that Benjamin Franklin?s Newtown Pippin apples were made into a pie aboard Captain Cook?s Endeavour while the ship was sailing between Tahiti and New Zealand. They are told the little-known story of how the Japanese flowering cherry became the official tree of our nation?s capital?a tale spanning many decades and involving an international cast of characters. Taken together, these and many other stories provide us with a new ways to interpret the American landscape. ?It is my hope,? the author writes, ?that this collection will be seen for what it is, a few trees selected from a great forest, and that readers will explore both?the trees and the forest?and find pieces of their own stories in each.? 606 $aTrees$zUnited States$vFolklore 606 $aTrees$xSymbolic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTrees$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLandscape assessment$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTrees 615 0$aTrees$xSymbolic aspects 615 0$aTrees$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aLandscape assessment 676 $a398/.368216 700 $aSamuels$b Gayle Brandow$01055413 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461794503321 996 $aEnduring roots$92488781 997 $aUNINA