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  • Sweet Cane

    The Architecture of the Sugar Works of East Florida

    de Lucy B. Wayne ...
    A look at the antebellum history and architecture of the little-known sugar industry of East FloridaFrom the late eighteenth century to early 1836, the heart of the Florida sugar industry was concentrated in East Florida, between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. Producing the sweetest sugar, molasses, and rum, at least 22 sugar plantations dotted the coastline by the 1830s. This ... Leer más

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  • American Eden

    David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

    Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionA New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionThe untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to ... Leer más

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  • Mannahatta

    A Natural History of New York City

    What did New York look like four centuries ago? An extraordinary reconstruction of a wild island from the forests of Times Square to the wetlands downtown.Named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal , New York Magazine , and San Francisco ChronicleOn September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it's difficult to imagine what he saw, but for ... Leer más

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  • The Boy Who Loved Ants: Edward O.Wilson

    de Sara van Dyck ...
    *** As a boy, famed scientist Edward O. Wilson spent his happiest days outdoors hunting for fish, snakes, and bugs in Florida and Alabama. Drawing from Wilson's autobiography Naturalist, author Sara van Dyck shows how the shy boy who loved ants grew into the man who became a world leader in nature conservation. He believes that there is always more to discover and has dedicated himself to ... Leer más

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  • Archeology of Mississippi

    This reprinting makes available again the only book of its kind to be focused upon the prehistoric Indians of Mississippi. Although written expressly for the layreader, it has continued for more than eighty years to appeal to a wide audience that ranges from professional archeologists and scholars to weekend artifact collectors.Published originally in 1926, Archeology of Mississippi details Brown ... Leer más

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  • Bayou Built

    The Legacy of Louisiana's Historic Architecture

    de Peter Mires ...
    Louisiana, the Bayou State, is famous for many things, including savory cuisine, great music, and a resident population whose mantra is laissez les bons temps roulerlet the good times roll! The place is also noted for its historic architecture, which ranges from simple forms such as the shotgun house or the Creole cottage to the celebrated plantation homes along the River Road.Bayou Built: The ... Leer más

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  • Bourbon's Backroads

    A Journey through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape

    de Karl Raitz ...
    This history of bourbon explores how the shift from home distillers to commercial producers changed the culture and landscape of nineteenth-century Kentucky.As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics—tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of brewing, geography, ... Leer más

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  • Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture

    Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast

    Series series Environmental History and the American South
    An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast.One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so ... Leer más

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  • House of Lost Worlds

    Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth

    This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way we see the world. Delving into the museum’s storied and colorful past, award-winning author Richard Conniff introduces a cast of bold explorers, roughneck bone ... Leer más

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  • The American Chestnut

    An Environmental History

    Series Libro 1 - Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
    Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, ... Leer más

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  • Looking for Longleaf

    The Fall and Rise of an American Forest

    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 ... Leer más

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  • The Guide to Walden Pond

    An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places

    An exploration of the history, nature, landscape, and literature of one of America's most iconic placesThis is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau's most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America's environmental consciousness.Using this guide, both armchair readers and trail-walkers alike can amble around the pond's shoreline, ... Leer más

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