American chestnut: the life, death and rebirth of a perrfect tree.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
Octavo, paperback, 284 pp. (ISBN: 0520259947) (EAN: 9780520259942)

The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees - a 'perfect tree' that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. In a weave of history, science, and personal observation, this work relates the author's quest to save the tree through methods that ranged from classical plant breeding to advanced gene technology.