In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of trees both as allies in the fight against climate change and as sources of emotional well-being. In nineteenth-century America, against a backdrop of accelerating deforestation much like today’s, writers and artists found emotional solace and symbolic meaning in the woods, identifying trees as a civic and spiritual good in need of preservation.

In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-187...