TY - BOOK ID - 78403025 TI - Hawthorn PY - 2015 SN - 0300213751 0300203497 9780300213751 9780300203493 PB - New Haven DB - UniCat KW - Hawthorns. KW - Trees KW - Dendrology KW - Nursery stock KW - Woody plants KW - Arboriculture KW - Forests and forestry KW - Timber KW - Crataegus KW - Crategus KW - Haws KW - Hawthorn KW - Mays KW - Quick-thorns KW - Quickthorns KW - Red haws KW - Thorn apples KW - Thorn trees KW - Rosaceae UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78403025 AB - "One of humankind s oldest companions, the hawthorn tree, is bound up in the memories of every recorded age and the plot lines of cultures all across the Northern Hemisphere. "Hawthorn" examines the little-recognized political, cultural, and natural history of this ancient spiky plant. Used for thousands of years in the impenetrable living fences that defined the landscapes of Europe, the hawthorn eventually helped feed the class antagonism that led to widespread social upheaval. In the American Midwest, hawthorn-inspired hedges on the prairies made nineteenth-century farming economically rewarding for the first time. Later, in Normandy, maze like hedgerows bristling with these thorns nearly cost the Allies World War II. Bill Vaughn shines light on the full scope of the tree s influence over human events. He also explores medicinal uses of the hawthorn, the use of its fruit in the world s first wine, and the symbolic role its spikes and flowers played in pagan beliefs and Christian iconography. As entertaining as it is illuminating, this book is the first full appreciation of the hawthorn s abundant connections with humanity."-- ER -