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Publish Date
May 28, 2002
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Random House
Language
English
Pages
304
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Subjects
Gardening, Nature, Human-plant relationships, Nonfiction, Plants and civilization, Ethnobotany, Nature, effect of human beings on, Large type booksPeople
William Ellery Jones, Johny Appleseed, John Chapman, Forsline, Jack Goody, Anna Pavord, Carolus Clusius, Richard Dawkins (1941-), Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Charles Darwin (1809-1882), IdahoPlaces
Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mansfield, Cincinnati, Geneva, New York, Amsterdam, Manhattan, Milford, Mexico, CaliforniaShowing 2 featured editions. View all 16 editions?
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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The botany of desire: a plant's eye view of the world
2001, Random House
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First Sentence
"If you happened to find yourself on the banks of the Ohio River on a particular afternoon in the springs of 1806-somewhere just to the north of Wheeling, West Virginia, say-you would probably have noticed a strange makeshift craft drifting lazily down the river."
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements/xi
Introduction The Human Bumblebee/xiii
Chapter 1 Desire: Sweetness/ Plant: The Apple/1
Chapter 2 Desire: Beauty/ Plant: The Tulip/59
Chapter 3 Desire: Intoxication / Plant: Marijuana/111
Chapter 4 Desire: Control/ Plant: The Potato/ 181
Epilogue/239
Sources/247
Index/ 257
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