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The pi�non pine : a natural and cultural history / Ronald M. Lanner ; with a section on pine-nut cookery by Harriette Lanner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, 1985, 1981.Edition: [Pbk. ed., 1985]Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0874174120
  • 9780874174120
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pi�non pine.DDC classification:
  • 585/.2 19
LOC classification:
  • QK494.5.P66 L36
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Woodlands of Pi�non Country; 2. Through Time and Space-How Pi�nons Came to Pi�non Country; 3. Origin of a Species-How the Singleleaf Pi�non was Born; 4. Closing the Circle-How Hybrid Trees are Formed; 5. Rats, Pines, and Pre-History-How Pack Rats Help Man Read the Past; 6. A Place to Live, Something to Eat-A Tree is What You Make It; 7. Feathered Cultivators-Birds That Plant Trees in the Desert; 8. Man Meets Tree, Tree Meets Man-Beginning a Lasting Relationship.
9. Food That Grows on Trees-Prospering in the Great Nut Grove10. Reading Nature's Message; 11. The Pi�non in Indian Myth; 12. Better Than Those of Castile-Men on Horseback Come to Pi�non Country; 13. Pine Nuts as a Foodstuff; 14. Science Finds the Pi�non; 15. Fuel for a Silver Empire; 16. Turning Woodlands Into Pastures-The Hard Way; 17. Tomorrow's Woodland; Pine-Nut Cookery; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index.

Print version record.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Woodlands of Pi�non Country; 2. Through Time and Space-How Pi�nons Came to Pi�non Country; 3. Origin of a Species-How the Singleleaf Pi�non was Born; 4. Closing the Circle-How Hybrid Trees are Formed; 5. Rats, Pines, and Pre-History-How Pack Rats Help Man Read the Past; 6. A Place to Live, Something to Eat-A Tree is What You Make It; 7. Feathered Cultivators-Birds That Plant Trees in the Desert; 8. Man Meets Tree, Tree Meets Man-Beginning a Lasting Relationship.

9. Food That Grows on Trees-Prospering in the Great Nut Grove10. Reading Nature's Message; 11. The Pi�non in Indian Myth; 12. Better Than Those of Castile-Men on Horseback Come to Pi�non Country; 13. Pine Nuts as a Foodstuff; 14. Science Finds the Pi�non; 15. Fuel for a Silver Empire; 16. Turning Woodlands Into Pastures-The Hard Way; 17. Tomorrow's Woodland; Pine-Nut Cookery; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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