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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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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates)
- Contents
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- "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
- Isbn
- 9780307595546
- Link
- Label
- Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
- Title
- Founding gardeners
- Title remainder
- the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Wulf
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- GARDENING / General
- Gardening -- Political aspects
- Gardening -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Conduct of life
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- National characteristics, American -- History
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography
- Gardens, American -- History -- 18th century
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wulf, Andrea
- Dewey number
- 712.0973/09033
- Illustrations
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- 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
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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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
- Label
- Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)
- Link
- 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
- Label
- Founding gardeners : the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, Andrea Wulf, (electronic resource)
- Link
- 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
Subject
- Electronic books
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- GARDENING / General
- Gardening -- Political aspects
- Gardening -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Conduct of life
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- National characteristics, American -- History
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography
- Gardens, American -- History -- 18th century
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