Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0307390683
- ISBN-13
- 9780307390684
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Andrea Wulf
Description
The award-winning author of The Brother Gardeners presents a tour of the lives of the founding fathers from their perspectives as gardeners, farmers and plantsmen, revealing how a shared passion for agriculture shaped their beliefs and decisions. Reprint.
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- 2011
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