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Dalton
State College will host a lecture by noted chestnut scientist
Dr. Hill Craddock on Tuesday, December 4, in the Goodroe
Auditorium in Memorial Hall. The event, which is free and open
to the public, begins at 7:00 pm.
Dr. Craddock, who is a professor at the University of Tennessee
in Chattanooga and with the Chattanooga Chestnut Project, will
discuss the release of the new book Mighty Giants: An American
Chestnut Anthology. His talk is being sponsored by the Georgia
chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation.
“We are fortunate to have Dr. Craddock speak here at Dalton
State,” says Dr. Don Davis, Professor of Sociology at Dalton
State and noted chestnut enthusiast.
“He is truly a trail blazer when it comes to chestnut
restoration. His PowerPoint presentation is inspiring,
informative, and entertaining.”
Mighty Giants tells, in images and words, the story of the “once
mighty monarch of the eastern forests and the people who have
engaged in struggle against one of the greatest natural
disasters in the history of forest biology,” Davis says,
describing the blight of the chestnut tree as “perhaps the
deadliest plant blight ever encountered.”
“The book is also the story of the dedicated few who refused to
give up: the plant pathologists, geneticists, and ordinary
citizens who have labored long and valiantly to understand the
blight and find a way to thwart it,” he adds. “It is also a
story of hope, of small but vital triumphs, as the secrets of
the American chestnut and its deadly nemesis are revealed.”
Contributing to the book are former President Jimmy Carter,
author Barbara Kingsolver, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman
Borlog, author Bill McKibben, and Dr. Craddock.
Dalton resident Mary Belle Price, a noted chestnut benefactor
who is also featured in the book, plans to attend the evening
lecture and will be on hand to sign copies of Mighty Giants
following the presentation. Copies of the book, both in hardback
and softcover, will be available for purchase before and after
the presentation and at the Dalton State bookstore.
Those interested can learn more about the contents of the book
via the following website:
www.imagesfromthepast.com. For more information, please call
706-272-2676.
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