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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 203x132x20 mm, weight: 340 g, 16 PP. COLOR; 19 ILLUS.
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Apr-2012
  • Leidėjas: Vintage Books
  • ISBN-10: 0307390683
  • ISBN-13: 9780307390684
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 203x132x20 mm, weight: 340 g, 16 PP. COLOR; 19 ILLUS.
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Apr-2012
  • Leidėjas: Vintage Books
  • ISBN-10: 0307390683
  • ISBN-13: 9780307390684
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Reviews the lives of the founding fathers from their perspectives as gardeners, farmers, and plantsmen, revealing how a shared passion for agriculture shaped their beliefs and decisions. The award-winning author of The Brother Gardeners presents a tour of the lives of the founding fathers from their perspectives as gardeners, farmers and plantsmen, revealing how a shared passion for agriculture shaped their beliefs and decisions. Reprint.
Author's Note xi
Prologue 3(10)
1 "The Cincinnatus of the West" George Washington's American Garden at Mount Vernon
13(22)
2 "Gardens, peculiarly worth the attention of an American" Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's English Garden Tour
35(23)
3 "A Nursery of American Statesmen" The Constitutional Convention in 1787 and a Garden Visit
58(23)
4 "Parties and Politicks" James Madison's and Thomas Jefferson's Tour of New England
81(19)
5 "Political Plants grow in the Shade" The Summer of 1796
100(24)
6 "City of Magnificent Intentions" The Creation of Washington, D.C., and the White House
124(30)
7 "Empire of Liberty" Jefferson's Western Expansion
154(19)
8 "Tho' an old man, I am but a young gardener" Thomas Jefferson at Monticello
173(17)
9 "Balance of Nature" James Madison at Montpelier
190(23)
Epilogue 213(2)
Appendix: Maps of Mount Vernon, Peacefield, Monticello and Montpelier 215(6)
Notes 221(82)
Selected Bibliography 303(20)
Illustration Credits 323(4)
Acknowledgments 327(4)
Index 331