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A History of Florida Forests
Baynard Kendrick
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Description for A History of Florida Forests
hardcover. Presents the 500-year history of Florida's forests, beginning before the Spaniards colonized the state, when Native American tribes felled trees to build shelters and canoes, carve ritual masks and weapons, and make firewood. This book offers first-person accounts by the people who explored, logged, reforested, and managed Florida's forests. Num Pages: 544 pages, 300 b&w images, 14 line art, 5 maps, 15 tables, sidebars, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; RGBL; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Five hundred years ago, when Ponce de Leon landed on the shores of Florida, 27 million acres of virgin timber - chiefly longleaf, slash pine and large areas of cypress, loblolly pine, sand pine, palms, and oaks - covered the land that constitutes the state today. Of the 15 million acres now forested, 12 million are privately held. This lively, 500-year history of Florida's forests begins before the Spaniards colonized the state, when Native American tribes felled trees to build shelters and canoes, carve ritual masks and weapons, and make firewood. These tribes revered Florida's forests; they understood the dangers ... Read more
Five hundred years ago, when Ponce de Leon landed on the shores of Florida, 27 million acres of virgin timber - chiefly longleaf, slash pine and large areas of cypress, loblolly pine, sand pine, palms, and oaks - covered the land that constitutes the state today. Of the 15 million acres now forested, 12 million are privately held. This lively, 500-year history of Florida's forests begins before the Spaniards colonized the state, when Native American tribes felled trees to build shelters and canoes, carve ritual masks and weapons, and make firewood. These tribes revered Florida's forests; they understood the dangers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813030227
SKU
V9780813030227
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About Baynard Kendrick
Baynard Kendrick (1894-1977) was author of Florida Trails to Turnpikes. Organizer of the Mystery Writers of America, he wrote a series of detective novels, adapted several to movies and TV, and served on the board of Florida Historical Quarterly. Barry Walsh is a freelance writer and editor who contributes to environmental journals. A columnist for The Longboat Observer, she has ... Read more
Reviews for A History of Florida Forests
The Kendrick manuscript illustrates and fully supports the claims of many that there was and still is a lot of gold in the green... Cleverly elevates the value of Florida's renewable natural resources and clearly lets you see the forests and the trees. When it comes to forest history, there is simply not another work like it! - Jeff Doran, ... Read more