Name: The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession
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Author: Wulf, Andrea
ISBN: 9780307454751

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The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession

Type

Physical Book

Author

Andrea Wulf

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

354

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.80

ISBN

9780307454751

ISBN13

9780307454751

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession "

A fascinating look at the men who made Britain the center of the botanical world--from the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. "Wulf's flair for storytelling is combined with scholarship, brio, and a charmingly airy style.... A delightful book--and you don't need to be a gardener to enjoy it." --The New York Times Book ReviewBringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America. In 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped two boxes of precious American plants and seeds to Peter Collinson in London. Around these men formed the nucleus of a botany movement, which included famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus; Philip Miller, bestselling author of The Gardeners Dictionary; and Joseph Banks and David Solander, two botanist explorers, who scoured the globe for plant life aboard Captain Cook's Endeavor. As they cultivated exotic blooms from around the world, they helped make Britain an epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. The Brother Gardeners paints a vivid portrait of an emerging world of knowledge and gardening as we know it today.

Andrea Wulf

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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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