Name: Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
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Author: Wulf, Andrea
ISBN: 9780307390684

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

Type

Physical Book

Author

Andrea Wulf

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

349

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0307390683

ISBN13

9780307390684

Edition No.

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

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 the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson’s and John Adams’s faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.

Andrea Wulf

(Author)

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Andrea Wulf (1972), born in India but of German nationality, is a renowned historian and writer who currently resides in London, where she teaches History of Design at the Royal College of Art. Author of acclaimed works such as The Brother Gardeners, a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the CBHL Annual Literature Award in 2010, she has collaborated with prestigious media such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, she has given lectures at renowned institutions such as the Royal Geographical Society and the New York Public Library

Her most notable work, The Invention of Nature (2016), a biography of Alexander von Humboldt, became an international bestseller and won over fifteen awards, including the Royal Society Science Book Prize, the Costa Biography Award, and the Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society. She is also the author of the graphic novel The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Andrea Wulf is an essential voice in exploring the relationship between humanity and the natural world.

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