Trees in Paradise: A California History by Farmer, Jared - October 28, 2013

W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition , October 28, 2013. advance copy- First Edition edition. Paperback. Very Good/none. This is an Advanced Reading Copy. Softcover is very good showing only minor edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature. It’s the work of history. In the years after the Gold Rush, American settlers remade the California landscape, harnessing nature to their vision of the good life. Horticulturists, boosters, and civic reformers began to "improve" the bare, brown countryside, planting millions of trees to create groves, wooded suburbs, and landscaped cities. They imported the blue-green eucalypts whose tangy fragrance was thought to cure malaria. They built the lucrative "Orange Empire" on the sweet juice and thick skin of the Washington navel, an industrial fruit. They lined their streets with graceful palms to announce that they were not in the Midwest anymore. Copyright 2013 by author.- see pictures maybe this will do it! I try to note all defects,so you can make an informed buying decision... At least you know what you're getting into I have a good description and pictures,however books can be an expensive purchase,how does one sell expensive books without pictures & ensure happiness,no buyers remorse.I actually-photograph hand enter & research every book listed, no scanner no generic catch phrase description..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post to fulfill your order,Los Angeles I carefully pack your book-recycled materials,hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system-your books wrapped,not co-mingled,you get the copy you were viewing carefully packed. -Trees in Paradise: A California History Author Jared Farmer Edition illustrated Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, 2013 ISBN 0393078027, 9780393078022 Length 552 pages Subjects History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Nature / Plants / Trees Silver WP

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