Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia
(Part of the Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction Series)
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Book Overview
New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in Vanished Gardens . In prose now as precise and considered as the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820331562
ISBN13:9780820331560
Release Date:September 2008
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:206 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"
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An excellent pick for any gardening library
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
While VANISHED GARDENS would be a likely pick for Pennsylvania libraries in general, it offers stories, histories of people and plants, and surveys of wider-ranging issues making it a powerful consideration of an urban area's evolving gardens. From the gardens of a colonial botanist to a large 18th century farmer's diary to modern times, VANISHED GARDENS is an excellent pick for any gardening library.
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