American Chestnut
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of A Perfect Tree
Contents
Map of American chestnut distribution in 1938.....................xi
Introduction......................................................1
PART ONE
1. Where There Are Chestnuts......................................11
2. A New Scourge..................................................28
3. Let Us Not Talk about Impossibilities..........................48
4. A Whole World Dying............................................71
PART TWO
5. Rolling the Dice...............................................93
6. Evil Tendencies Cancel.........................................108
7. Let Us Plant...................................................129
8. Chestnut 2.0...................................................151
9. Faith in a Seed................................................178
CONCLUSION: THE COMEBACK..........................................203
Notes.............................................................229
Acknowledgments...................................................273
Index......................................................... ... read full excerpt from American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree ebook
