{"product_id":"seeds-richard-horan-9780061861680","title":"Seeds: One Man's Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Seeds reads like the best of a roundtable discussion amongst John Muir, Bill Bryson, and David Sedaris. From the fields of Gettysburg to the home of Kerouac, Horan takes an unlikely premise and weaves it into a story that's poignant, insightful and unexpectedly humorous. This is more than a book about seeds--it's about literary heroes, forensic forestry, and self-discovery.\" --Spike Carlsen, author of \u003cem\u003eA Splintered History of Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eBotany of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eDriving Einstein's Brain\u003c\/em\u003e in Richard Horan's \u003cem\u003eSeeds\u003c\/em\u003e, the chronicle of one man's quest to understand the influence and impact of trees in American life and literature--and his mission to collect seeds from the homes of Kerouac, Welty, Wharton, Kesey and twenty other authors, to preserve the literary legacy of American forests for generations to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Horan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061861685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061861680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.38w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2011 pg. 78","brand":"Richard Horan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913254600959,"sku":"9780061861680","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_20955cca-c855-4cf4-87e3-c4754facae9f.jpg?v=1680617364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeds-richard-horan-9780061861680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}