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"In prose as strong and quietly beautiful as the American chestnut itself, Susan Freinkel profiles the silent catastrophe of a near-extinction and the impassion

Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution

"The story of the near-extinction and recovery of the American Chestnut tree."--

Of four billion trees that once dominated the Eastern Forest, only an isolated few survived the early 20th century Chestnut Blight. Through back-crossbreeding T

American chestnut trees were once found far and wide in North America's eastern forests. They towered up to one hundred feet tall, providing food and shelter fo