{"product_id":"our-native-trees-and-how-keeler-9780873388382","title":"Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits and Peculiarities","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873388380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873388382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.30w x 1.42d","brand":"Keeler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441374834943,"sku":"9780873388382","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29d43c54-82ff-4ffd-8d81-a1364d85dd19.jpg?v=1777190485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-native-trees-and-how-keeler-9780873388382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}