This item includes the following titles published by the Penn State University Press:

Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers
A Visual History of Pennsylvania's Railroad Lumbering Communities; The Photographic Legacy of William T. Clarke

By Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell with an Introduction by Linda A. Ries

Published in collaboration with the Lumber Heritage Region of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

In Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers, Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell draw on the stunning documentary photography of William T. Clarke to tell the story of Pennsylvania's lumber heyday, a time when loggers serving the needs of a rapidly growing and globalizing country forever altered the dense forests of the state's northern tier.

Where Honeybees Thrive
Stories from the Field

By Heather Swan
Winner of the 2017 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award

Through a lyrical combination of creative nonfiction and visual imagery, Where Honeybees Thrive tells the stories of the beekeepers, farmers, artists, entomologists, ecologists, and other advocates working to stem the damage and reverse course for this critical pollinator. Using her own quest for understanding as a starting point, Swan highlights the innovative projects and strategies these groups employ. Her mosaic approach to engaging with the environment not only reveals the incredibly complex political ecology in which bees live - which includes human and nonhuman actors alike - but also suggests ways of comprehending and tackling a host of other conflicts between postindustrial society and the natural world. Each chapter closes with an illustrative full-color gallery of bee-related artwork.

Reading Shaver's Creek
Ecological Reflections from an Appalachian Forest

Edited by Ian Marshall

What does it mean to know a place? What might we learn about the world by returning to the same place year after year? What would a long-term record of such visits tell us about change and permanence and our place in the natural world? This collection explores these and related questions through a series of reflective essays and poems on Pennsylvania's Shaver's Creek landscape from the past decade.

Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches

By Tim Palmer

"The noble beech and the mighty hemlock help define the forest I've spent my life wandering; that they are now facing ruin is one more sadness in the great sadness settling over the planet. One is enormously grateful to the author for capturing their meaning and beauty; we should do all that we can to keep them healthy." -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

Shale Play
Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields

By Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin

"A collage of voices, drawing in the testimonies of activists, residents, industry lawyers, and workers. Kasdorf explores the nuances and tensions of her home state without allowing any one perspective to dominate." -Rosa Furneaux, Mother Jones