[PDF.20ef] Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation

Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation

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 | #27893 in Books |  2012-04-03 |  2012-04-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.78 x5.18l,.80 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| people, politics and plants.|By Paul|Wow! What a pleasant surprise! Expecting a polite story about early American countryside and the horticultural peccadillos of a few founders, I was instead blown away by this masterfully crafted narrative of potent people, politics and their plants. Wulf's work is rare blend of the introspective, the scholarly and the entertaining, that do|From Publishers Weekly|Not only did Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison operate farms, all believed agriculture was the noblest occupation and the foundation of democracy. All loved to talk about it, write about it, and spend leisure time (between building

From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before.

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 ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation   |  Andrea Wulf. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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