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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
"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 ingra...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Founding gardeners : |b the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation |c Andrea Wulf |
| 250 | |a 1st American ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-325) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "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 the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf reveals for the first time this aspect of the revolutionary generation. She describes how, even as British ships gathered off Staten Island, George Washington wrote his estate manager about the garden at Mount Vernon; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's faith in their fledgling nation; how a trip to the great botanist John Bartram's garden helped the delegates of the Constitutional Congress break their deadlock; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of American environmentalism. These and other stories reveal a guiding but previously overlooked ideology of the American Revolution. Founding Gardeners adds depth and nuance to our understanding of the American experiment, and provides us with a portrait of the founding fathers as they've never before been seen"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "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 -- "Parties and politicks : James Madison's and Thomas Jefferson's tour of New England -- "Political plants grow in the shade" : the summer of 1796 -- "City of magnificent intentions" : the creation of Washington, D.C., and the White House -- "Empire of liberty" : Jefferson's Western expansion -- "Tho' an old man, I am but a young gardener" : Thomas Jefferson at Monticello -- "Balance of nature" : James Madison at Montpelier -- Appendix. Maps of Mount Vernon, Peacefield, Monticello, and Montpelier. | |
| 541 | 0 | |c Purchase; |a Amazon.com; |d 2012; |h $18.25 | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Founding Fathers of the United States. | |
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