| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 110.2

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 110.2 | The History Cooperative

Thomas Hallock. From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749–1826. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2003. Pp. xix, 289. Cloth $55.00, paper $19.95.
Thomas Hallock's book is a revamped and revised doctoral dissertation, but it comes closer to making the transition than do most dissertations and it is a remarkably engaging—if sometimes infuriating—piece of reading. Hallock himself alludes to the problem of his work providing a "contextual thicket" (p. xii) for his reader. In that he is assuredly correct.	. . .

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