The King that Never Was: Rethinking American Chestnut's Place in the Eastern Deciduous Forest
- HF-ID: HF2011-34
- Category: Research Files
- Creator:
- Faison, Edward
- Foster, D.R.
- Date: 2011
- Location: Eastern United States
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Correspondence, drafts of manuscript. 1 file folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: land use, disease
- Abstract:
- One of the most persistent and widespread beliefs in the annals of North American environmental history is the former dominance of American chestnut in the Eastern Deciduous Forest. Chestnut forms an iconic triumvirate of both the grandeur of the original American wilderness and the devastation that human activity wrought upon it.
- Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 16, drawer 2
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