Forest Trees and Forest Scenery | A Progressive Era Guide to American Woodlands, Tree Identification, Ecology, and Landscape Aesthetics

G. Frederick Schwarz

ISBN 10: 802833041X / ISBN 13: 9788028330415

Published by Sharp Ink, 2023

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Forest Trees and Forest Scenery | A Progressive Era Guide to American Woodlands, Tree Identification, Ecology, and Landscape Aesthetics | G. Frederick Schwarz | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023 | Sharp Ink | EAN 9788028330415 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, 170 00 PRAGUE, TSCHECHIEN, kristoferpaetau[at]gmail[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forest Trees and Forest Scenery | A Progressive Era Guide to American Woodlands, Tree Identification, Ecology, and Landscape Aesthetics
• Publisher: Sharp Ink
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 802833041X
• ISBN 13: 9788028330415
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 5D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 120 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Forest Trees and Forest Scenery is a lucid study of the American woodland as both natural organism and aesthetic experience. Schwarz combines practical dendrology—identification, growth habits, distribution, and ecological relations of trees—with a reflective appreciation of forests as landscape. Written in the early conservation era, its prose moves between scientific exposition and cultivated nature writing, placing it beside works that sought to educate readers in both the use and the beauty of native forests. G. Frederick Schwarz wrote from within a period when forestry was becoming a modern discipline in the United States, shaped by concerns over timber depletion, land management, and public understanding of natural resources. His attention to species, scenery, and the moral value of careful observation suggests an author committed not merely to cataloguing trees, but to fostering a more informed and reverent relation to wooded landscapes. This book is recommended for readers interested in natural history, conservation, landscape aesthetics, and the history of American environmental thought. It rewards patient reading, offering both factual instruction and a refined invitation to see forests with greater intelligence and sympathy.