Great Reading: American Chestnut

This isn't just great reading, it is must reading for any lover of trees and epic quests: American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree, by Susan Freinkel. It's available here
http://shop.acf.org/booksandguides.aspx, along with another amazing book published by the American Chestnut Foundation, Might Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology.

At Plantra we often say that our customers are our heroes. Beside the fact that Susan Freinkel's book is beautifully written, and beside the fact that it chronicles the greatest ecological catatrophe on this continent since the ice age, and beside the fact that it chronicles the heroic efforts of so many dedicated scientists and laymen to right this ecological wrong despite incalculable odds... beside all that the book has special meaning for us at Plantra because we have had the great good fortune to have met many of the heroes mentioned in the book, and to be playing at least a small role in helping them protect their young chestnut trees... hopefully making their work just a little bit easier.

We are proud to play a small role in the fight to restore the majestic American chestnut to its rightful place in the forests of its native range.