{"product_id":"the-brother-gardeners-botany-empire-and-the-birth-of-an-obession-paperback","title":"The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Wulf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating look at the men who made Britain the center of the botanical world--from the author of \u003ci\u003eMagnificent Rebels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wulf's flair for storytelling is combined with scholarship, brio, and a charmingly airy style.... A delightful book--and you don't need to be a gardener to enjoy it.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, \u003ci\u003eThe Brother Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped two boxes of precious American plants and seeds to Peter Collinson in London. Around these men formed the nucleus of a botany movement, which included famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus; Philip Miller, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gardeners Dictionary; \u003c\/i\u003eand Joseph Banks and David Solander, two botanist explorers, who scoured the globe for plant life aboard Captain Cook's Endeavor. As they cultivated exotic blooms from around the world, they helped make Britain an epicenter of horticultural and botanical expertise. \u003ci\u003eThe Brother Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e paints a vivid portrait of an emerging world of knowledge and gardening as we know it today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREA WULF was born in India and moved to Germany as a child. She trained as a design historian at London's Royal College of Art . She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New \u003c\/i\u003eWorld and\u003ci\u003e Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation \u003c\/i\u003eand is coauthor (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of \u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and she reviews for numerous newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. She appears regularly on BBC television and radio. \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.96 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754173137184,"sku":"9780307454751","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46cfdba2ce6da94a58d02f7feb22d259.webp?v=1780034973","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-brother-gardeners-botany-empire-and-the-birth-of-an-obession-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}