Botanica Delira: More Stories of Strange, Undiscovered, and Murderous Vegetation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616460259)

As a companion anthology to Flora Curiosa, Botanica Delira collects 21 short stories of botanical wonders and horrors, strange plants that delight and sometimes kill. These imaginative flowers and trees (and even one cactus) are a literary outgrowth of newspaper "wonder stories" that purported to describe rare natural marvels. To illustrate this "nature fakery," ten brief newspaper and magazine stories are included, showing the variety of early botanical literary hoaxes, from man-eating plants to electric trees.

Author: Chad Arment
ISBN-10: 1616460253
ISBN-13: 9781616460259
Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2010
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d