9781565126831
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
ISBN 13: 9781565126831
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
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Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.
About the Author:
Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.
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Book Description: Algonquin Books, 2009. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: The bestselling author of "Flower Confidential" delves into the dark side of the plant kingdom to reveal the sordid lives of plants behaving badly. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_1565126831 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL, United States, 2011. Hardback. Book Condition: New. Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathan Rosen (illustrator). 180 x 140 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature s most appalling creations. It s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You ll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln s mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781565126831 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL, United States, 2011. Hardback. Book Condition: New. Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Jonathan Rosen (illustrator). 180 x 140 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature s most appalling creations. It s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You ll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln s mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781565126831 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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