Robert Alexander Long: A Lumberman of the Gilded Age

Biographies & Memoirs

Bradley, Lenore K.

Historical

Forest History Society

A private edition limited to 400 copies, clothbound, individually numbered and signed.

Out of the river mist

C. Raymond Clar

The birth of forestry in America: Biltmore Forest School, 1898-1913

Science & Math

Schenck, Carl Alwin

Nature & Ecology

"Told first-hand, by a once young German forester, this book is his life journey to Western North Carolina. Hired by G. Vanderbilt, Schenck commands Biltmore Estate's vast land purchases acquiring what is today Pisgah National Forest. All-in-all Schenck struggles to turn his school/enterprise profitable while adhering to the principles of forestry. The people he meets (many historical figures from our past) and his account of life on the Estate at the time, are enough to make this book a good read for anyone interested in the local history of W.N.C. This book covers Schenck's time in Western North Carolina with his Biltmore Forestry School. It stop shorts of his eventual return to Germany. During WWII Schenck, already somewhat of an old man, remained out of the spotlight in north western Germany. After the allied victory, Schenck's town fell under American jurisdiction where a census survey by chance happened upon the old forester. He was then hired to oversee forestry operations for this sector." - Peter Sinnott

Birth of Forestry in America: Biltmore Forest School 1898-1913

History

Schenck, Carl A.

Americas

MacCleery recounts how settlers removed much of the American forest for agriculture and commerce during the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, though, demographic changes and an emerging conservation movement helped reduce wildfire and encourage reforestation. Today there is more forestland in the U.S. than there was 75 years ago.

American Forests: A History of Resiliency and Recovery (Forest History Society Issues)

Business & Money

MacCleery, Douglas W.

Economics

Forest Pharmacy: Medicinal Plants in American Forests (Forest History Society Issues Series)

Forest Pharmacy: Medicinal Plants in American Forests (Forest History Society Issues Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Foster, Steven

Alternative Medicine

America's Fires: Management on Wildlands and Forests (Forest History Society Issues Series)

Pyne, Stephen J.

Biological Sciences

Plantation Forestry in the Amazon: The Jari Experience

Posey, Clayton E.

Gilvary, Robert J.

Welker, John C.

Thompson, L.N.

Book by Schenck, Carl A., Butler, Ovid

Cradle of Forestry in America: The Biltmore Forest School of 1893-1913

Smythe presents Weyerhauser's point of view in his story of the Millicoma forest near Coos Bay in Oregon. Because he's a forester, Smythe is able to describe the history of logging, planting, and managing the Millicoma in such a way that the reader becomes familiar not only with the day-to-day operations of forestry work, but also with the mindset of those who log. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Millicoma: Biography of a Pacific Northwestern Forest

Smyth, Art

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