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and Forestry
Their Relations to the National Life of the American People
BY
Ernest Bruncken
Secretary of the late Wisconsin State Forestry Commission
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The knickerbocker Press 1908
COPYRIGHT, 1899
ERNEST BRUNCKEN
The knickerbocker Press, New York
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Civilization Founded on Natural Conditions-Interest Attaching
to this Relation-Not a Subject for Sentimentalists-Purpose
of this Volume-Not Intended for Professional Foresters-
Treatment of Forests a Test of Democratic Government.
CHAPTER II
THE NORTH AMERICAN FOREST
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I
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Northern Temperate Forest Regions—Subdivisions of the North
American Forest-Distribution of Forests not Accidental-The
Forest an Organism Subject to Definite Laws-The Eastern
Forest-The Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast Forests—
Causes of Distribution-The Warfare of the Forest-How
Phases of the Struggle Become of Importance in Silviculture-
Weapons of Offense and Defense-Windfalls-Succession of
Species-The Forest under the Control of Man.
Great Britain and the American Woods-Naval Stores-The
Surveyor-General of the Woods-One of the Causes of the Revo-
lution-The Fur Trade-The Backwoodsman-His Characteris-
tics the Product of Forest Influences-How He Affected American
History-Settlement in the Western Forests-The Indian Trail
-Lost in the Woods-Transportation Facilities-Advent of the
Railway-Man the Conqueror-Rise of the Lumber Industry—
The Inexhaustible Supply.
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