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PS3566.O92 O94 2018. The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W. W. Norton & Company. It is Powers' twelfth novel. The book is about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests. Powers was inspired to write the work while teaching at Stanford University ...
The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. [1] It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confronts the Once-ler, a business magnate who causes environmental destruction. The story is commonly recognized as a fable concerning the danger of greed ...
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation. Website. Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Goll Woods State Nature Preserve. Goll Woods State Nature Preserve is a 321-acre (130 ha) nature preserve in western Fulton County, Ohio, near Archbold. It has been designated a National Natural Landmark for its oak–hickory forest.
Girdling. Girdling, also called ring-barking, is the circumferential removal or injury of the bark (consisting of cork cambium or "phellogen", phloem, cambium and sometimes also the xylem) of a branch or trunk of a woody plant. Girdling prevents the tree from sending nutrients from its foliage to its roots, resulting in the death of the tree ...
United States. ISBN. 0-06-443147-9. OCLC. 29000764. Children's literature portal. A Tree is Nice is a children's picture book written by Janice May Udry and illustrated by Marc Simont. It was published by Harper and Brothers in 1956, and won the Caldecott Medal in 1957. [1] The book tells Udry's poetic opinion on why trees are nice:
Lawrence County. 2,745 acres (10 km 2) Fernwood State Forest. Jefferson County. 3,023 acres. Gifford State Forest. Athens County. 320 acres (1.3 km 2) Harrison State Forest.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. [ 1 ] The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers —123 women and girls and 23 men [ 2 ] —who ...
Die Trying. Killing Floor is the debut novel by Lee Child, first published in 1997 by Putnam. The book won the Anthony Award and Barry Award for best first novel. Set in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia it follows Jack Reacher in his first thriller book. It is written in the first person. The novel has three prequels: The Enemy (set ...