Contents -- Appendices, Maps, Tables, Figures, and Photographs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Against the Grain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Otto Schierbeck: Nova Scotia's First Chief Forester -- 3 John Bigelow: Nova Scotia Nationalist and Forest Reformer -- 4 Lloyd Hawboldt: Bringing Science to Forest Policy -- 5 Donald Eldridge: Advocate for the Industrial Forest Interest -- 6 David Dwyer: Social Forester in Nova Scotia -- 7 Richard Lord: Forestry and Landowner Organizations -- 8 Mary Guptill: The Theory and Practice of Field Forestry -- 9 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.