Annotation. Roger Underwood has spent over 50 years working in forestry and bushfire management in Western Australia. Here is a collection of stories over that time, celebrating his love of trees and forests.
Two puzzling mysteries with Inspector Norton Kane of the Boston police. In the first, a stock exchange gambler trying to climb the social ladder is murdered, but the only clear suspect would surely not have committed such a faux pas. Then, a young man living in a boarding house claims someone is working against him; his body is found to prove it.
ASIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. This author is a Western Australian forester who late in his career became involved in the development of Indian sandalwood plantations in the Ord River Irrigation Area in the Kimberley region of WA. This led to a review of early writings on sandalwood and to the discovery of a wounderful journal: The Indian Forester, the complete volumes of which, dating back to 1875, he found located within the archives of the Department of Environment and Conservation Library. Delving into these volumes, Roger Underwood realised that he had discovered a treaseure trove of fascinating stories about the pioneering foresters in India during the time of the Raj... But more than that he discovered that a forest management model had been developed in India in those days that was later picked up and applied holus-bolus in Australia and other countries.
In the stories in this book forester and historian Roger Underwood provides insights into the history and culture of Western Australia's most beautiful trees and forests." -- back cover.
This is a story of one little acorn that grew into a magnificent, magical tree and a chain of events that followed involving three generations of one Cornish family. The mystical journey of the tree was in the hands of an ordinary, hard working fisherman and was passed down through his boatbuilding sons to his grandsons Denzil and Jago and a very special boat. The ACORN was built from the tree that grew the acorn. The ACORN takes Denzil and Jago on many adventures. Along the way they discover just how special she is. The lesson they learn show them how precious a life they have.
Much of this nation’s political life and public policy have been shaped by a handful of powerful people—the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Masters of the House identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White House-congressional relations, leaders’ formal prerogatives, members’ expectations, public attitudes, shifts in the policy agenda, and leaders’ personal attributes and style. Ten chapters cover such colorful and diverse personalities as Henry Clay, Joe Cannon, Hale Boggs, and Tip O’Neill. Coeditors Roger Davidson, Susan Hammond, and Raymond Smock have blended essays by political scientists, historians, and journalists into an integrated treatment of House leadership over time, including an analysis of emerging trends in the 1990s.
Stories of life in the Western Australian karri forest town of Pemberton, including tales from the timber mills, and the characters of the town and bush. The authors are former local residents and have previous publications dealing with Western Australian heritage.
This edition, which will comprise thirteen volumes including an index volume, provides reliable scholarly texts for all Bunyan's miscellaneous writings, based on the earliest texts and Doe's Folio (1692).
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