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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780307269904)
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xA groundbreaking look at the Founding Fathers and their obsession with gardening, agriculture, and botany by the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. - "Illuminating and engrossing." --The New York Times Book Review
For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation. Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.
Author: Andrea Wulf
ISBN-10: 0307269906
ISBN-13: 9780307269904
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.55w x 1.28d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/21/2011
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2011
Booklist 03/15/2011 pg. 12
New York Times Book Review 05/08/2011 pg. 7
New York Times Book Review 05/15/2011 pg. 34
Choice 10/01/2011
Kirkus Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2207
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2012 pg. 7
For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation. Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.
Author: Andrea Wulf
ISBN-10: 0307269906
ISBN-13: 9780307269904
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.55w x 1.28d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/21/2011
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2011
Booklist 03/15/2011 pg. 12
New York Times Book Review 05/08/2011 pg. 7
New York Times Book Review 05/15/2011 pg. 34
Choice 10/01/2011
Kirkus Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2207
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2012 pg. 7
By Andrea Wulf
xAndrea Wulf trained as a design historian at London's Royal College of Art. She is the author of The Brother Gardeners (long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008 and winner of the American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award) and the coauthor (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of This Other Eden. She has written for The Sunday Times (London), The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times, and appears regularly on BBC television and radio. She lives in London.
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