"A right smart little jolt" - Loss of the chestnut and a way of life

Authors
Youngs, RL
Citation
Rl. Youngs, "A right smart little jolt" - Loss of the chestnut and a way of life, J FORESTRY, 98(2), 2000, pp. 17-21
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
ISSN journal
00221201 → ACNP
Volume
98
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
17 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1201(200002)98:2<17:"RSLJ->2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Products of the chestnut tree were versatile and diverse---from nuts to tan nin, from musical instruments to poles. As the blight spread southward, and as Appalachia moved from an agrarian to an industrial society, the loss of the tree was one of several lasting changes to the region.