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Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

#098 June 2017/Column/The Big Picture

An urban arboreal history, from the prehistoric ginkgo to the resurgent American elm

Illustration by Corey Schumann Trees of Life interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee When historian Jill Jonnes sat down to write her book “Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape,” it was with the intention of looking at our past relationship with trees in order to see into the future

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May 31, 2017
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