Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest

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Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too late?

In Looking for Longleaf, Lawrence S. Earley explores the history of these forests and the astonishing biodiversity of the longleaf ecosystem, drawing on extensive research and telling the story through first-person travel accounts and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. For centuries, these vast grass-covered forests provided pasture for large cattle herds, in addition to serving as the world's greatest source of naval stores. They sustained the exploitative turpentine and lumber industries until nearly all of the virgin longleaf had vanished.

Looking for Longleaf demonstrates how, in the twentieth century, forest managers and ecologists struggled to understand the special demands of longleaf and to halt its overall decline. The compelling story Earley tells here offers hope that with continued human commitment, the longleaf pine might not just survive, but once again thrive.

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Superb book on several fronts..........2007-10-16

Earley was trying to write a history of turpentining. What he ended up with was a spectacular essay on the natural history of longleaf pine forests, the human history of the forested south, an essay on conflicting views in forestry, and....oh yes...turpentine!

Reading this as an ecologist, I found everything I wanted with just enough of the human element to flesh it out without boring me. Oddly enough, I suspect those reading this from an anthropological view have the same opinion about the natural history aspect of the book. Earley is that good in weaving his tale.

It flows well, is well organized, and the research and references are stunning. Twenty-three pages of references make me wonder how he ever finished the book. (In his acknowledgements he seems to wonder the same thing himself!)

This book belongs on the shelf of every forester, ecologist, and southern historian. I'm just thankful I stumbled across it on a rainy day in Congaree National Park.

complete book about longleaf pines.......2006-11-19

mr. earley goes deep into everything you could want to know about this native tree species,a cornerstone to both the natural world of the southeastern united states and the economic growth and development of the country as a whole.......he tells all about the past history,present day status,and projected outlook of the longleaf pine tree:it's one-time dominance of the coastal plain landscape,compared to it's present day status;all about the naval stores and timber industries,and their heavy dependence upon it that led to it's near demise and current numbers;and the changes in land management of the longleaf forest and it's various ecosystems,with much insight to the controlled burning philosophy that has gained in popularity during the last 50 years or so.....with photos, including some impressive shots of long-gone virgin growth trees dwarfing the grown men standing among them.

Best book on longleaf yet........2005-09-08

This book is as accurate and detailed as any scholarly paper but is written so well that it is certain to be a classic of literature like Archie Carr's "The Windward Road."

America's Rain Forest.......2004-11-23

For years I have been concerned about the disappearance of the South American Rain Forest. What was shocking from Earley's book is how we had our own expansive Forest with it's own ecosystem and let it disappear before our very eyes without anyone noticing.

It is not only a wonderfully told story of the Longleaf pine but it is a genuine history of how the South's economic development between the time of the settlers and up until today nearly destroyed it's most valuable resource and the ecology that was a part of it.

The only problem with this book was not being able to put it down after I started reading it.

Graced by Pines: The Ponderosa Pine in the American West

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Graced by Pines: The Ponderosa Pine in the American West
Alexandra Murphy
Manufacturer: Mountain Pr
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ASIN: 0878423079

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Lodgepole Pine in North America
Peter Koch
Manufacturer: Forest Products Society
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Binding: Paperback

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A Good Learning Tool

Bringing Back the White Pine
Jack Rajala
Manufacturer: J. Rajala
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0966277902

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This book has something for any person infatuated with the glorious white pine. How and where to raise your own, natural and policy challenges, its history and legacy--it's all here.

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A Good Learning Tool.......2000-09-19

Bringing Back the White Pine is a good learning tool in a couple of ways. The first half of the book covers a lot of history involved with the settling of northern Minnesota. The second part becomes more technical and describes how the author has worked at the regeneration of white pine. All of this information is very useful to anyone who currently has white pine trees or seedlings, as well as those who wish to plant.

Exploring the Pine Barrens of New Jersey: A Guide

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very deep, covers a lot of ground

Exploring the Pine Barrens of New Jersey: A Guide
R. Marilyn Schmidt
Manufacturer: Pine Barrens Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0937996319

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very deep, covers a lot of ground.......2004-01-15

If you want a good read thats more detailed oriented then flowing with prose then this book will work well for you. It covers various catagories including the town & villages (abandoned & not), churches, graveyards, parks, historic sight, state parks and more. Thorough yet for some reason I feel as if somehow its lacking, as if it could've covered more ground. Still a good summarization of the interesting things to find hidden amongst the trees and pines. However, I should say that aside from the graveyard section, most of what's here could be found in other books, just not as neatly summarized.

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Fields and Pine Trees
Opal Ross
Manufacturer: Ye Galleon Pr
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A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens

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A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Michael D. Geller
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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Pine Trees and Cotton Fields: Reminiscences of a Childhood Ne Texas-Nw Louisiana 1925-1942

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A window to a past that was in a hard, yet gentler, time

Pine Trees and Cotton Fields: Reminiscences of a Childhood Ne Texas-Nw Louisiana 1925-1942
Janie R. Koenig
Manufacturer: Piney Woods Productions
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Binding: Hardcover

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A window to a past that was in a hard, yet gentler, time.......1998-06-28

A book that will take you back to the times of youth and rekindle the images that were buried with childhood. A facinating glimpse into the life and times of growing up in rural America and of "roots" from which we all spring. I truly enjoyed its comingling of the reality of growing ups happy tales and sad tales and the images they brought to my own mind about my youth.

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This digital document is an article from Forest Products Journal, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1858 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Field test of edgewise restraint southern pine lumber drying.
Author: Rubin Shmulsky
Publication: Forest Products Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2005
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This series of essays by one of today's most original and prolific scholars on German racial policy concern three interrelated aspects of Nazi Germany: relations with "the East," "euthanasia," and extermination. The collection includes important and wholly new contributions to the German-Soviet war and other national tragedies; to the controversial question of whether the Nazi analogy has any relevance to contemporary ethical discussions; and to the contemporary historiography, including works of fiction and literary criticism, of the Holocaust.

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FROM THE HANDICAPPED TO THE JEWS.......2000-04-26

Michael Burleigh, an English historian, is the author of an earlier book on the Nazi "euthanasia" campaign of 1940, when Nazi officials, doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators joined together in the persecution of handicapped Germans. Over 70,000 people were murdered in about one year.

In this book Burleigh reflects on the "mind set" of the Nazi murderers, their attitudes towards their victims, and the ethical assumptions they made. He also comments with intelligence and perception on post-WW II reactions.

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on December 1, 1998. The length of the article is 546 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ethics and Extermination: Reflections on Nazi Genocide. (book reviews)
Author: Paul Weindling
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1998
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Page: 462

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A Renaissance work

Fun for the amateur programmer

How fractals and chaos lead to computer-generated graphics

Something for Everyone, a smorgasbord of wonders

The algorithms let you work wonders

Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty
Clifford A. Pickover
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486417093

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Combining fractal theory with computer art, this book introduces a creative use of computers. It describes graphic methods for detecting patterns in complicated data and illustrates simple techniques for visualizing chaotic behavior. "Beautiful." — Martin Gardner, Scientific American. Over 275 illustrations, 29 in color.

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A Renaissance work.......2007-05-20

Clifford A. Pickover is a Renaissance man. He may not like the label but for me it is one of the highest accolades of intellectual accomplishment. A quick scan through this book is enough to confirm his standing: mathematics, computer programming, art, medicine, music, speech, biochemistry, electronics, education, biology, aesthetics etc. etc. It's all there.

This is one of my favourite books and is getting quite dog-eared by the constant use it gets. It is a book to enjoy as well as to refer-to, a book to cheer you up and to fill you with wonder. Not that it is perfect mind you. Far from it. It is now quite dated and the illustrations could do with a decent makeover. The treatment is often abrupt and episodic and the writing is sometimes hurried and muggy. But who cares! The overall effect is of frenzied genius and lively enquiry.

My main interest was in Chapter 14. Dynamic Systems. It is not an in-depth treatment by any means but it yields some beautiful ideas. I implemented and experimented with most of the algorithms in the chapter. They work and provide some essential insight into the evolutionary nature of most complex systems.

Get the book. The reference list by itself is worth the price.

Fun for the amateur programmer.......2003-02-24

Perhaps for the new century the technology is a bit out of date, but this book is a well written introduction to both basic and complex computer graphical ways of describing mathematics and natural phenomena.
An excellent feature of the book is its pseudocoding used to explain concepts and to be used by the reader as stepping off points for the amateur computer programmer to play.

How fractals and chaos lead to computer-generated graphics.......2001-11-07

In Computers, Pattern, Chaos And Beauty, Clifford Pickover focuses on how theories of fractals and chaos lead to computer-generated graphics - and how graphics in computers have connections to the unseen world. From how data is processed and displayed to patterns present in complicated data, this provides both artists and scientists with an intriguing set of concepts.

Something for Everyone, a smorgasbord of wonders.......2001-02-02

This book inspires and entrances with something for everyone, from the adventurer with an artistic eye, to the most esoteric mathematics devotee. At practically any level of understanding, it provokes the desire for learning, and an aesthetic appreciation for math that is usually reserved for those who make higher math their lives' work. Best of all, this book can be "grazed", i.e., read out of order and sporadically, gaining benefit where one may. A must-browse for anyone who has ever wondered how mathematics could ever be interesting or powerful.

The algorithms let you work wonders.......1998-12-28

The algorithms presented in the book are simply too fascinating to be true. Each illustration of fractals or the strange attractors are accompanied by an algorithm which I tried with "C" language. They work excellently and it is a visual treat to watch the fractals unfold, strange attractors trace out intricate patterns and the Pascal Triangle rise like a phoenix before your own eyes. Each algorithm you translate into a program gives you immense joy at having discovered a new hidden hand that leads nature and beauty through the illuminating principles of mathematics and reaveals the deepest mysteries of nature in close collusion with the arcane folds of mathematics.

Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty. Graphics from an Unseen World.

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Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty. Graphics from an Unseen World.
Clifford A Pickover
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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