"An example of environmental history at its best. . . . A fresh appraisal of human contact with the environment, with special attention to the apparent motives of each wave of settlement—Indians, farmers, loggers, tourists and sportsmen—and the consequences of that settlement."

• ForewordPreface to the 1999 EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionShaping the Face of the LandThe Garden and the WildernessA Search for StabilityThe Ox and the AxeThe Creation of a New ForestPoor Men on Poor LandsThe Urban ShadowConclusionAppendix A: Population Methods and EstimatesAppendix B: Supplementary tablesNotesBibliographyIndex

"An example of environmental history at its best. . . . A fresh appraisal of human contact with the environment, with special attention to the apparent motives of each wave of settlement—Indians, farmers, loggers, tourists and sportsmen—and the consequences of that settlement."

• ForewordPreface to the 1999 EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionShaping the Face of the LandThe Garden and the WildernessA Search for StabilityThe Ox and the AxeThe Creation of a New ForestPoor Men on Poor LandsThe Urban ShadowConclusionAppendix A: Population Methods and EstimatesAppendix B: Supplementary tablesNotesBibliographyIndex

"An example of environmental history at its best. . . . A fresh appraisal of human contact with the environment, with special attention to the apparent motives of each wave of settlement—Indians, farmers, loggers, tourists and sportsmen—and the consequences of that settlement."

• ForewordPreface to the 1999 EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionShaping the Face of the LandThe Garden and the WildernessA Search for StabilityThe Ox and the AxeThe Creation of a New ForestPoor Men on Poor LandsThe Urban ShadowConclusionAppendix A: Population Methods and EstimatesAppendix B: Supplementary tablesNotesBibliographyIndex