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When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy
By Montgomery, Beronda L.
- ISBN
- 9781250335166
- Publisher
- Holt
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Reviewed on November 1, 2025 | Social Sciences
Plant biologist Montgomery (Lessons from Plants) offers a new understanding of the American South with this work entwining science, history, and her own experience of the region. Described as How the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass, the book proposes that the history of trees in the United States is also the history of Black Americans. Montgomery analyzes the historical and cultural roles of tree...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
