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The Resource Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)

Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)

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"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"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st American ed.
Extent
1 online resource (x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates)
Contents
  • "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
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9780307595546
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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
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Founding gardeners
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the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
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Andrea Wulf
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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"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
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TEFOD
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Wulf, Andrea
Dewey number
712.0973/09033
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
SB451.3
LC item number
.W85 2011eb
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
SB451.3
NAL item number
.W85 2011
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Gardening
  • Gardens, American
  • Gardening
  • Founding Fathers of the United States
  • Political activists
  • Conduct of life
  • National characteristics, American
  • HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
  • GARDENING / General
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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)
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Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-325) and index
Color
multicolored
Contents
"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
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ocn759510372
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st American ed.
Extent
1 online resource (x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307595546
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(electronic bk.)
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unknown
Other physical details
ill. (some col.).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)759510372
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Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-325) and index
Color
multicolored
Contents
"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
Control code
ocn759510372
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st American ed.
Extent
1 online resource (x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307595546
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Other physical details
ill. (some col.).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)759510372

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