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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation /...

Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, natu...

Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation /...

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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation / Andrea Wulf.

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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation / Andrea Wulf.

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Publisher

New York : Knopf, 2011.

Date

2011.

Call Numbers

N712.0973/3

Record Identifier

74VvqZ0e04N3

MMS ID

991006094909702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

x, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Contents

"The Cincinnatus of the West" : George Washington's American garden at Mount Vernon -- "Gardens, peculiarly worth the attention of an American" : Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's English garden tour -- "A nursery of American statesmen" : the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and a garden visit --...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Knopf, 2011.

Edition

1st American ed.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2011.

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Summary

"From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for...

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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation / Andrea Wulf.

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Call Numbers

N712.0973/3

Record Identifier

74VvqZ0e04N3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvqZ0e04N3

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ISBN

0307269906 (hardback)

9780307269904 (hardback)

DDC

712.097309033

MMS ID

991006094909702626

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