American Household Botany

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  • American Household Botany Book Detail

  • Author : Judith Sumner
  • Release Date : 2012-07-01
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  • Genre : Gardening
  • Pages : 396
  • ISBN 13 : 9781604694307
  • File Size : 63,63 MB
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American Household Botany by Judith Sumner PDF Summary

Book Description: "In this fascinating book, celebrated author Judith Sumner rescues from the pages of history the practical experience and botanical wisdom of generations of Americans. Crossing the disciplines of history, ethnobotany, and horticulture - and with a flair for the colorful anecdote - Sumner underlines a part of the American story often ignored or forgotten: how European settlers and their descendants made use of the "strange" new plants they found, as well as the select varieties of foods and medicines they brought with them from other continents. From "turkie wheat" (corn) to "tuckahoe" (a Native American source of starch), Sumner describes the transition from wonderment to daily use, as homesteads were built upon and prospered from the plants of the New World. It is a remarkable story of the interdependence of plants and the American home. Historians, herbalists, home gardeners, and ethnobotanists will find American Household Botany a treasure trove of original research and insight."--Publisher announcement.

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