Evergreen
Hardback
The Trees That Shaped America
Environmental biologist and Cornell professor Trent Preszler takes readers from a Christmas tree farm on Long Island where the most popular trees sell out weeks ahead of the holiday - and are coated in neon-colored paint - back to the earliest days of America, where the Puebloans build some of the most remarkable structures on the continent with evergreen timber. Revealing how this land's prodigious pine forests first tempted the colonists - the Mayflower expedition was sponsored by a British lumber company - and how the felling and selling of evergreens was the foundation of the colonies' economy, Evergreen is a lively, surprising tour of how our country was built by the very trees we lug into our living rooms each December. Highlighting little known stories and vital connections between past and present, Preszler's wide-ranging account is a call to appreciate these prehistoric wonders in a completely fresh way. His writing is rigorous and delightful, anthropological and environmental - and offers a healthy dose of Christmas spirit.
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- ISBN: 9781643756707
- Author: Trent Preszler
- Pub date: 03.02.26
- RRP: $65.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Trent Preszler
Trent Preszler grew up on a cattle ranch in South Dakota and received his BS from Iowa State University in 1998. He was subsequently awarded a Rotary Scholarship to the UK and a diploma from the Royal Botanic Garden. After a White House internship for President Bill Clinton, he earned an MS in agricultural economics and a PhD in horticulture from Cornell University. The recipient of the 2024 Henry David Thoreau Foundation Prize, he is the CEO of Bedell Cellars and founder of Preszler Woodshop in New York and teaches at Cornell University. His first book was a memoir, Little and Often, which Elizabeth Gilbert called "beautiful, powerful, and deeply moving" and Dani Shapirio called simply "unforgettable."