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During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world's gardens. Kingdon Ward's accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world's gardens. Kingdon Ward's accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
Michael Pollan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Botany of Desire (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and Second Nature, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to Harper’s magazine and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Garten & Natur |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 288 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780812967395 |
| ISBN-10: | 0812967399 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Kingdon Ward, Frank |
| Redaktion: | Christopher, Tom |
| Zusammengestellt: | Kincaid, Jamaica |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Frank Kingdon Ward |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.04.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,388 kg |
Michael Pollan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Botany of Desire (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and Second Nature, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to Harper’s magazine and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Garten & Natur |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 288 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780812967395 |
| ISBN-10: | 0812967399 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Kingdon Ward, Frank |
| Redaktion: | Christopher, Tom |
| Zusammengestellt: | Kincaid, Jamaica |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Frank Kingdon Ward |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.04.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,388 kg |
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