"So much has been written about the Founding Fathers — their courage and conviction, their foibles and feuds — that one wonders what fresh perspective could be brought to the subject. British author Andrea Wulf answers with her educational and entertaining "Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation" (352 pages, Knopf, $30), the story of early America as seen through the lens of horticulture. Horticulture, you ask? Definitely, and Wulf connects plants with politics in her work, which focuses on three Virginia plantation owners (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) and the holder of a small farm near Boston, John Adams. Wulf examines America's origins through a new prism, and in so doing enriches Americans' understanding of their heritage."
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Magnificent Rebels. The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt
The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World (published in 27 countries).
Chasing Venus. The Race to Measure the Heavens
The Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generation and the Shaping of the American Nation
The Brother Gardeners. Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
This Other Eden Seven Great Gardens and Three Hundred Years of English History
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ANDREA WULF
I'm an award-winning writer of seven books, including "The Invention of Nature" and “Founding Gardeners”. My new book "Magnificent Rebels. The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" will be published in Sept/Oct 2022. I lecture widely across the world. Click here for a short bio and here for a list of awards. Contact: andrea (at) andreawulf.com
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