Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
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- Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
- Title remainder
- the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Wulf
- Subject
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- Conduct of life.
- National characteristics, American -- History.
- Gardens, American -- History -- 18th century.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Gardening -- Political aspects.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Gardening -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
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- Gardening -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- National characteristics, American -- History
- Political activists -- United States
- Gardening -- Political aspects
- Personal conduct
- Nature Writing -- Gardens
- History writing -- United States -- Early America
- Gardens -- History -- 18th century
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2011.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 712.0973/09033
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- SB451.3
- LC item number
- .W85 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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