{"product_id":"our-native-trees-and-how-to-identify-them","title":"Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA facsimile reproduction of the original 1900 edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducator, author, and naturalist Harriet L. Keeler (1844–1921) was a prominent figure in her time. With this facsimile reprint of her first book written for a national audience, she once again is brought to the public's attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 1870 graduate of Oberlin College, Keeler devoted her career to service as a teacher and administrator in the Cleveland public schools. She was active in Cleveland civic life as well and was a prominent champion of women's rights. But it was as a naturalist that she did her most distinctive work, preparing authoritative and literate field guides to native flora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Native Trees and How to Identify Them\u003c\/em\u003e, first published by Charles Scriber's Sons in 1900, was warmly received at a time when America was rapidly urbanizing and public interest in conservation and the establishment of parks was growing. In her preface, Keeler explained that \"the trees described . . . are those indigenous to the region ex-tending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the northern boundaries of the southern states; together with a few well-known and naturalized foreign trees.\" Profusely illustrated and with a biographical introduction by Carol Poh Miller that illuminates Keeler's life and accomplishments, this edition of \u003cem\u003eOur Native Trees and How to Identify Them\u003c\/em\u003e will aid a new generation eager to identify and thus better appreciate what they observe outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e [in June 1900] pronounced it 'well-written and thoroughly interesting' . . . The reviewer concludes: 'The book . . . should add new interest to the coming summer for many to whom Nature is practically a sealed book, as well as heighten the pleasure of others to whom she has long been dear.'\"—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55332063838552,"sku":"9780873388382","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780873388382_461dc676-bef8-4f0b-9895-f387f7c1706f.jpg?v=1778673651","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/our-native-trees-and-how-to-identify-them","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}