From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain
Whitney, George G. / Whitney, Gordon G.![From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/159/1596427/CHSBZCOP031596427.jpg)
From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land surveys records and early travelers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests and grasslands of the northeastern and central United States during the presettlement period. He then documents successively the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest...