American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Victoria Johnson
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-05 - Publisher: Liveright Publishing

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Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction A New York Times Editors' Choice Selection The untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal p
Fruits of Eden
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Amanda Harris
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-28 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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At the turn of the nineteenth century—when most food in America was bland and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods—D
American Eden
Language: en
Pages: 484
Authors: Wade Graham
Categories: Gardening
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-05 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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“American Eden moves luminously through landscapes of history, literature, biography, and design theory. . . . fusing sharp-edged analysis and graceful Americ
Irrigated Eden
Language: en
Pages: 363
Authors: Mark Fiege
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-23 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Fiege’s fascinating and innovative study of irr
Tinkering with Eden
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Kim Todd
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A bewitching look at nonnative species in American ecosystems, by the heir apparent to McKibben and Quammen.