Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Woodlands of Piñon Country; 2. Through Time and Space-How Piñons Came to Piñon Country; 3. Origin of a Species-How the Singleleaf Piñon was Born; 4. Closing the Circle-How Hybrid Trees are Formed; 5. Rats, Pines, and Pre-History-How Pack Rats Help Man Read the Past; 6. A Place to Live, Something to Eat-A Tree is What You Make It; 7. Feathered Cultivators-Birds That Plant Trees in the Desert; 8. Man Meets Tree, Tree Meets Man-Beginning a Lasting Relationship
9. Food That Grows on Trees-Prospering in the Great Nut Grove10. Reading Nature's Message; 11. The Piñon in Indian Myth; 12. Better Than Those of Castile-Men on Horseback Come to Piñon Country; 13. Pine Nuts as a Foodstuff; 14. Science Finds the Piñon; 15. Fuel for a Silver Empire; 16. Turning Woodlands Into Pastures-The Hard Way; 17. Tomorrow's Woodland; Pine-Nut Cookery; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index
